ࡱ> 685%`  bjbjNN 8.,, D giiiiii$hV_ _ _ / / / _ Fg/ _ g/ / :, Pwv  g0RX ^XXX/ * 5 _ _ _ _ |$| SECOND AFRICA REGIONAL PLATFORM ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION CONSULTATIVE MEETING, 5 MAY 2009, NAIROBI Statement by Mr. Aeneas Chuma, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Kenya Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to Kenya and to participate in this meeting. Last year was a very challenging year for the people in Kenya. As you recall, 2008 started with massive post election violence in the country which resulted in a large number of displaced population. Although the internally displaced persons (IDPs) have gradually returned homes as the political situation stabilized, the conflict-induced displacement and associating humanitarian crisis overwhelmed Kenya especially in the first half of the year. In addition, another emergency of devastating food insecurity immensely hit the country due to multiple factors including consecutive failure of rains, rising food and commodity prices, reduced cereal production and livestock diseases. At the time of UNs Humanitarian Appeal for 2009, the number of people who required food assistance in Kenya was estimated 3.2 million. These specific events were added to Kenyas existing challenges such as HIV/AIDS and refugee influx from neighbouring countries. It was under these challenging circumstances that the importance of disaster risk reduction was felt even more strongly in order to decrease vulnerability of the already suffering population and to increase their resilience to natural hazards. Unless communities coping capacity is strengthened, natural hazards such as drought and floods may trigger more disasters which certainly hinder the countrys achievement of long-term goals of development and poverty reduction. In fact, disaster risk reduction should be an integral part of the efforts in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Socio-economic development is seriously hampered when scarce funds are diverted from long-term development objectives to short-term emergency relief and reconstruction. The poor are caught in a vicious cycle of poverty and disaster. Climate change is expected to exacerbate the situation by increasing frequency and severity of natural hazards. To our encouragement, the Kenyan Government has recently carried out extensive review of its policies and strategies on disaster risk reduction and is now strengthening relevant institutional and legal framework. In line with the Governments strong commitment to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action and its national priority, the Vision 2030, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for Kenya from 2009 to 2013 emphasizes disaster risk reduction as one of the key areas of work to assist the Government. The UN Country Team has been currently in a process of jointly identifying and planning potential activities for the thematic area of reducing humanitarian impact and risk of natural and human-made disasters. Kenyas recent experience on these joint efforts of the government, UN agencies, non-governmental organizations, development partners and other partner agencies in mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into humanitarian actions and development planning process can be a good example of how the spirit of the Hyogo Framework for Action can be interpreted at the national level to formulate actual programmes and actions. While this Consultative Meeting might be focusing primarily on updating Africas regional strategy and Programme of Action for disaster risk reduction, I believe that such strategy and programme should be based on the work on the ground in each country. I hope this meeting will effectively capture recent trend and emerging issues in Africa, and will facilitate the African countries and other ISDR partners to consolidate Africas position towards the up-coming Second Session of the Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva next month in order to renew commitment towards the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action. Thank you.  ;EGHdfs   ϼ{ϼh\P\A\hihlOJQJmH sH hDoOJQJmH sH hlOJQJmH sH $hihw$CJOJQJaJmH sH ,hih~! 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