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Summaries of the Intergovernmental Segment

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14 March | 11:30 - 13:30

Statement ByTitleStatementReadWatch
His Excellency Shinzō Abe Prime Minister Japan Read Watch
His Excellency Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov President Turkmenistan Read Watch
His Excellency King Mswati III Head of State Swaziland Read Watch
His Excellency Emanuel Mori President and Head of Government Micronesia (Federated States of) Read Watch
His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces Kenya Read Watch
His Excellency Baldwin Lonsdale President Vanuatu Read Watch
His Excellency Robert Mugabe President Zimbabwe Read Watch
His Excellency King Mswati III Head of State The Kingdom of Swaziland (on behalf of the President of the General Assembly for the 69th session) Read Watch
His Excellency Han Seung-soo Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water United Nations Read Watch

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14 March | 15h - 18h

Statement ByTitleStatementReadWatch
Her Excellency Nguyen Thi Doan Vice-President Viet Nam Read Watch
His Excellency Muhammad Jusuf Kalla Vice-President Indonesia Read Watch
His Excellency Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur Vice-President Ghana Read Watch
His Excellency Prosper Bazombanza Vice-President Burundi Read Watch
His Excellency James Wani Igga Vice-President South ‎Sudan Read Watch
Her Excellency Inonge Wina Vice-President Zambia Read Watch
His Excellency Prayut Chan-O-Cha Prime Minister Thailand Read Watch
His Excellency Mizengo Pinda Prime Minister United Republic of Tanzania Read Watch
His Excellency Anastase Murekezi Prime Minister Rwanda Read Watch
His Excellency Numan Kurtulmus Deputy Prime Minister Turkey Read Watch
His Excellency Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Deputy Prime Minister Malaysia Read Watch
Her Excellency Kristalina Georgieva Vice-President for Budget and Human Resources European Union Read Watch
His Excellency Siaosi Sovaleni Deputy Prime Minister Tonga Read Watch
His Excellency Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Deputy Prime Minister Mongolia Read Watch
His Excellency Asang Laoly Deputy Prime Minister and Chair of the National Disaster Prevention and Control Committee Lao People’s Democratic Republic Read Watch
His Excellency Pravin Gordhan Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs South Africa (on behalf of the Group of 77 and China) Read Watch
Her Excellency María del Pilar Cornejo Minister of the Secretariat of Risk Management Ecuador (on behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)) Read Watch
His Excellency Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen Prime Minister Cambodia Read Watch
His Excellency Vladimir Puchkov Minister for Civil Defence Russian Federation Read Watch
His Excellency Didier Burkhalter Minister for Foreign Affairs Switzerland Read Watch
His Excellency Rajnath Singh Minister of Home Affairs India Read Watch
His Excellency Liguo Li Minister of Civil Affairs China Read Watch
Mr Peter Burian State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Slovakia Read Watch
His Excellency Khayridin Abdurakhimov Chairman of the Committee on Emergency Situations Tajikistan Read Watch

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15 March | 10h - 13h

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His Excellency John Amarathunga Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Religious Affairs Sri Lanka Read Watch
His Excellency Richard Brabec Minister of Environment Czech Republic Read Watch
Mr Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Minister of Disaster Management and Relief Bangladesh Read Watch
Her Excellency Annick Girardin Minister of State for Development and Francophony France Read Watch
His Excellency Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Minister of Interior Iran (Islamic Republic of) Read Watch
His Excellency René Emmanuel Sadi Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Cameroon Read Watch
His Excellency K. Shanmugam Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law Singapore Read Watch
His Excellency Michael Keenan Minister for Justice Australia Read Watch
His Excellency Faamoetauloa Taito Faale Tumaalii Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Samoa Read Watch
His Excellency Sung-ho Lee Deputy Minister of Public Safety and Security Republic of Korea Read Watch
His Excellency Joaquín Roa Minister of National Emergency Paraguay Read Watch
His Excellency Gilberto Magalhães Occhi Minister of National Integration Brazil Read Watch
His Excellency Abdoulaye Balde Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Senegal Read Watch
His Excellency Rashid Ahmed Bin-Fahad Minister of Environment and Water United Arab Emirates Read Watch
His Excellency Aaron Cook Minister for Commerce, Industry and Environment Nauru Read Watch
His Excellency Olivier Jocelyn Mahafaly Solonandrasana Minister of Interior and Decentralization Madagascar Read Watch
His Excellency Kubatbek Boronov Minister of Emergency Situations Kyrgyzstan Read Watch
His Excellency Noel Arscott Minister of Local Government and Community Development Jamaica Read Watch
His Excellency Ismat Abdelrahman Zeinelabdin Elhassan Minister of Interior Sudan Read Watch
Her Excellency Laila Iskander Minister for Urban Renewal and Informal Settlements Egypt Read Watch
His Excellency Qutaiba Ibrahim Al-Jiboury Minister of Environment Iraq Read Watch
Mr Henrik Linders Director Sustainable Infrastructure Practice Group United Nations Office for Project Services Read Watch
Mr Amir Mahmoud Abdulla Deputy Executive Director World Food Programme Read Watch
Ms Salma Hamid Senior External Relations Adviser United Nations Population Fund Read Watch
Mr Jean Claude de l’Estrac Secretary-General Indian Ocean Commission Read Watch

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15 March | 15h - 18h

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His Excellency Anote Tong President, Head of Government and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kiribati Read Watch
His Excellency George Thapatula Chaponda Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Malawi Read Watch
His Excellency Didier Dogley Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change Seychelles Read Watch
His Excellency Armen Yeritsyan Minister of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations Armenia Read Watch
His Excellency Thoriq Ibrahim Minister of Environment and Energy Maldives Read Watch
His Excellency Mahendra Bahadur Pandey Minister for Foreign Affairs Nepal Read Watch
Her Excellency Isabel Amaral Guterres Minister of Social Solidarity Timor-Leste Read Watch
His Excellency Nejib Derouiche Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Tunisia Read Watch
Her Excellency Marisa Morais Minister of Home Affairs Cabo Verde   Watch
Her Excellency Myat Myat Ohn Khin Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Myanmar Read Watch
His Excellency Ramon Pardo Guerra Minister of Civil Defence Cuba Read Watch
His Excellency Remi Allah-Kouadio Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Côte D'Ivoire Read Watch
Her Excellency Isabella Lövin Minister for International Development Cooperation Sweden Read Watch
His Excellency Gerry Brownlee Leader of the House, Minister Defence, Minister of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery, Minister responsible for the Earthquake Commission of New Zealand New Zealand Read Watch
Mr Lapo Pistelli Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Italy Read Watch
Mr Edgardo Riveros Marin Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Chile Read Watch
Mr Syed Tariq Fatemi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Pakistan Read Watch
Mr Luis felipe Puente State Minister, National Coordinator for Civil Protection Mexico Read Watch
Her Excellency Loren Legarda Senator Philippines Read Watch
His Excellency Major General Saad Jassim Al-Khulaifi Director General of Public Security, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Emergency Qatar Read Watch
Her Excellency Rhoda Peace Tumusiime Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture African Union Read Watch
Mr William Lacy Swing Director-General International Organization for Migration Read Watch
Mr Tadateru Konoe President International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Read Watch
Ms Hiroko Hara Vice President Women Major Group Read Watch

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16 March | 10h - 13h

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Her Excellency Anabela Rodrigues Minister of Internal Administration Portugal Read Watch
Her Excellency Lina Dolores Pohl Minister of Environment and Natural Resources El Salvador Read Watch
His Excellency Damcho Dorji Minister of Home and Cultural Affairs Bhutan Read Watch
His Excellency Andre Johnson Minister of Environment Togo Read Watch
His Excellency Marciej Grabowski Minister of Environment Poland Read Watch
Mr Vladimir Bozkho Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Kazakhstan Read Watch
Mr Mitiku Kassa State Minister of Agriculture Ethiopia Read Watch
Mr Desmond Sawyne Minister of State for International Development United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Read Watch
Mr Miloš Bizjak State Secretary at the Ministry of Defence Slovenia Read Watch
Mr Samuel Roque Silva Vice-Minister of State Administration and Public Service Mozambique Read Watch
Mr René Oscar Cabrera Coca Vice-Minister of Public Defence of the Plurinational State Bolivia Read Watch
Mr Hans Brattskar Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Norway Read Watch
Mr Luis Aguilera Vice-Minister for Home Affairs Spain Read Watch
Mr Raed Arafat Secretary of State, Minister of Interior Romania Read Watch
Mr Thomas Silberhorn State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Germany Read Watch
Mr Tahar Melizi Vice-Minister, Head of the Natural Delegation of Major Risks Algeria Read Watch
Dr György Bakondi Director General, National Directorate General for Disaster Management Hungary Read Watch
Mr Peleg Lewi Chief of Mission Israel Read Watch
Mr Mohammad Issa Representative State of Palestine Read Watch
Ms Zoraima Cuello Vice-Minister Dominican Republic Read Watch
Her Excellency Anesa Kundurovic Ambassador, Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Japan Bosnia and Herzegovina Read Watch
Mr Thomas Staal Acting Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, United States Agency for International Development United States of America Read Watch
Mr Gyan Chandra Acharya Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States Read Watch
Mr Rashid Khalikov Director United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Headquarters Read Watch

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16 March | 15h - 18h

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His Excellency Dan Kersch Minister for Home Affairs Luxembourg Read Watch
Her Excellency Laurentina Mallam Minister of Environment Nigeria Read Watch
His Excellency Samuel Manetoali Minister for Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology Solomon Islands Read Watch
Mr Ivan Andrey Brenes Reyes Presidente, Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias Costa Rica Read Watch
His Excellency Elard Escala Embajador del Perú en Japón Peru Read Watch
Mr Nabil El-Jisr President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction Lebanon Read Watch
Mr Alejandro Maldonado Lutomirsky Secretario Ejecutivo de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres (CONRED) Guatemala Read Watch
His Excellency Aunese Makoi Simati Permanent Representative/Ambassador of Tuvalu to the United Nations Tuvalu Read Watch
Mr Michael Staudinger Director of the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics Austria (on behalf of the Human Security Network) Read Watch
His Excellency Loukas Karatsolis Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to Japan Greece Read Watch
Her Excellency Lilianne Ploumen Minister of International Trade and Development Cooperation Netherlands Read Watch
Mr Gabriel Ive President of White Helmets Commission Argentina Read Watch
His Excellency Joseph Chennoth Archbishop, Apostolic Nuncio Holy See Read Watch
His Excellency Samir Arrour Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Japan Morocco Read Watch
Mr Anthony Lecren Ministre du développement New Caledonia (Associate Member) Read Watch
Mr Steven Corliss Director of the Division of Programme Support and Management United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Read Watch
Mr Richard Dictus Executive Coordinator United Nations Volunteers Read Watch
Mr Dominique Burgeon Director, Emergency and Rehabilitation Division Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters Read Watch
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Read Watch
His Excellency Shamil Aleskerov Secretary-General Economic Cooperation Organization Read Watch
Ms Aissata Kane Observateur Permanent Adjoint de la Délégation de l'OCI à Genève Organization of Islamic Cooperation Read Watch
Mr Montien Boontan Vice President / President International Affairs Disability Stakeholder Group Read Watch
Prof David Johnston Chair of the Scientific Committee Scientific and Technological Community Major Group Read Watch
Mr David Boys Deputy General Secretary Workers and Trade Unions Major Group Read Watch

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17 March | 10h - 13h

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His Excellency Jayeshwar Raj Dayal Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development, Disaster and Beach Management Mauritius Read Watch
His Excellency Henri Djombo Minister of Forest Economy and Sustainable Development Congo Read Watch
His Excellency Paousman Jarju Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wild life Gambia Read Watch
His Excellency Wilbur Heine Minister in Assistance to the President Marshall Islands Read Watch
Her Excellency Kadiatou N'diaye Minister in charge of Environment, Water and Forest Guinea Read Watch
His Excellency Hilary Obaloker Onek Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Uganda Read Watch
His Excellency Ratu Inoke Kubuabola Minister for Foreign Affairs Fiji Read Watch
Mr Teimuraz Murgulia First Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection Georgia Read Watch
Mr Guillermo Gonzalez Ministro Asesor del Presidente de la Republica de Nicaragua para Gestion de Riesgos Nicaragua Read Watch
Mr César Agbossaga Point Focal National de Réduction des Risques de Catastrophe Benin Read Watch
His Excellency Brendan Howlin Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Ireland Read Watch
Her Excellency Andrijana Cvetkovikj Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Japan The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Read Watch
His Excellency Gabriel J. K. Dusava Ambassador, Embassy of Papua New Guinea in Tokyo Papua New Guinea Read Watch
Ms Esra Buttanri Senior Environmental Affairs Adviser Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Read Watch
Mr Donato Kiniger-Passigli Coordinator, Fragile States and Disaster Response Group (on behalf of ILO Director General) International Labour Organization Read Watch
Ms Blerta Aliko Chief Humanitarian and Gender Unit United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women Read Watch
Mr Francesc Pla Deputy Executive Secretary, European and Mediterranean Major Hazards Agreement Council of Europe Read Watch
Mr Dominique Kuitsouc Chef de l’Unité en charge de la Gestion des Risques de Catastrophes et Adaptation au Changement Climatique Economic Community of Central African States Read Watch
Prof Michel Veuthey Deputy Permanent Observer of the Sovereign Order of Malta Sovereign Military Order of Malta Read Watch
    Secretariat of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme   Watch
Mr Christophe Martin Deputy Director of Operations International Committee of the Red Cross Read Watch
Mr Hocine Souidi Representative of the Secretary General League of Arab States Read Watch
Mr Alexandre Mejia Senior Manager, Decentralised Cooperation. Head, CIFAL Global Network United Nations Institute for Training and Research Read Watch
Dr Richard John Brennan Director, Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response World Health Organization Read Watch
Hon Jesca Osuna Eriyo Deputy Secretary General, Productive and Social Sectors East African Community Read Watch

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17 March | 15h - 18h

Statement ByTitleStatementReadWatch
Her Excellency Nicole Angeline Zan Yélémou Minister of Social Action and National Solidarity Burkina Faso Read Watch
His Excellency Eugène Serufuli Minister for Rural Development Democratic Republic of the Congo Read Watch
His Excellency Guy Maixent Mamiaka Vice-Minister of Interior Gabon Read Watch
    Jordan   Watch
Ms Lori MacDonald Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Programs Branch Canada Read Watch
Mr Christophe de Bassompierre First Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Belgium Belgium Read Watch
His Excellency Ahmed A. Own Ambassador, Libya Embassy in Tokyo Libya Read Watch
Mr Hertz Obas Directeur Général du Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales Haiti Read Watch
Mr Pekka Puustinen Director General of the Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Finland Read Watch
Dr Mohammad Daim Kakar Director General, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority Afghanistan Read Watch
Mr Carlos Iván Márquez Pérez Director General de la Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres Colombia Read Watch
His Excellency Milton Henriquez Minister of Government Panama Read Watch
Mr Ahmed A. Sannoh Chief of Staff at the Office of National Security Sierra Leone Read Watch
His Excellency Richard Ramoeletsi Ambassador, Embassy of Lesotho in Tokyo Lesotho Read Watch
Hon Tutai Tura Associate Minister for Foreign Affairs Cook Islands Read Watch
Mr Frederik Petersen Adviser to the Under-Secretary for Global Development and Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark Read Watch
His Excellency Eduardo Bouzout Ambassador, Embassy of Uruguay in Japan Uruguay Read Watch
Her Excellency Marion Williams Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Barbados Barbados Read Watch
Mr Troy Torrington First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Guyana to the United Nations Guyana Read Watch
His Excellency Francis M. Matsutaro Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Palau in Japan Palau Read Watch
Mr Antony Spalton Risk Reduction and Resilience Specialist United Nations Children's Fund Read Watch
Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi Assistant-Secretary-General United Nations University Read Watch
Dr Adnan Al-Tamimi Chairman of the GCC Emergency Management Center Gulf Cooperation Council Read Watch
Mr Christian Friis Bach United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Read Watch
Mr Taito Nakalevu Representative Secretariat of the Pacific Community Read Watch
Mr Michel Jarraud Secretary-General World Meteorological Organization Read Watch
Dr Cosmas Zavazava Chief, Projects and Knowledge Management Department International Telecommunication Union Read Watch
    International Hydrographic Organization Read Watch
His Excellency Mahboub M. Maalim Executive Secretary Intergovernmental Authority on Development Read Watch
Mr Abdirahim Abdi Former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly Inter-Parliamentary Union Read Watch
Mr Francesco Gaetani Scientific Officer for the Societal Benefit Area of Disasters Risk Reduction Group on Earth Observations Read Watch
Mr Roy Barboza Sequeira Secretario Ejecutivo Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central Read Watch
Ms Cristelle Pratt Deputy Secretary-General Pacific Islands Forum Read Watch
Ms Inger Andersen Director-General International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources   Watch
Ms Maria A. Perez International Coordinator NGO Major Group Read Watch
Ms Illiza Sa'Aduddin Djamal Mayor Local Authorities Major Group Read Watch
Ms Sandra Wu Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Business and Industry Major Group Read Watch
Mr Christopher Schürmann Representative Children and Youth Major Group Read Watch
Ms Luisa Volpe Policy Officer Farmers Major Group Read Watch
Ms Galina Angarova Programme Officer Indigenous Peoples Major Group Read Watch

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Written Statements

Statement ByTitleStatementRead
H.E. Mohammad Yasmin Umar Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office, as representative of His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam Read
Mr Saltanat Tashmatova Director of International Relations International Civil Defence Organisation(ICDO) Read

Daily Journal

  • Daily Journal No. 1, 13 March 2015
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  • Daily Journal No. 2, 14 March 2015
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  • Daily Journal No. 3, 15 March 2015
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  • Daily Journal No. 4, 16 March 2015
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  • Daily Journal No. 5, 17 March 2015
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  • Daily Journal No. 6, 18 March 2015
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Official Documents

  • Provisional agenda (A/CONF.224/1/Rev.1)
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  • Provisional programme of work (A/CONF.224/2)
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  • Addendum to the provisional programme of work (A/CONF.224/2/Add.1)
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  • Provisional rules of procedure for the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (A/CONF.224/3)
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  • Information Note for participants (A/CONF.224/INF/1)
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  • Information Note on assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action (A/CONF.224/INF/2)
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  • Information Note on voluntary commitments (A/CONF.224/INF/3)
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  • Expression of thanks to the people and Government of Japan (A/CONF.224/L.4)
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  • Report of the Credentials Committee (A/CONF.224/4)
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  • Sendai Declaration (A/CONF.224/L.1)
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  • List of Delegations to the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (A/CONF.224/INF/4)
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