The first session of the Preparatory Committee was held from 14 to 15 July 2014, to review the organizational and substantive preparations for the Conference, approve the programme of work of the Conference, and propose rules of procedure for adoption by the Conference.
Report of the Preparatory Committee on its first session
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Decisions
Draft provisional rules of procedure of the Third World Conference
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Draft provisional agenda for Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
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Other matters
Timeline for consultations on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
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See: 14 July 10h - 13h | 14h - 18h | 15 July 9h - 13h | 15h - 18h
Speaker | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
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Her Excellency Päivi Kairamo | Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva |
Opening remarks | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Thani Thongphakdi | Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva |
Opening remarks | Read | Watch |
Mr. Michael Møller | United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva United Nations Office at Geneva |
Opening Remarks by Mr. Michael Møller | Read | Watch |
Ms. Margareta Wahlström | Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General for disaster risk reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Opening of the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction | Read | Watch |
Ms. Margareta Wahlström | Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General for disaster risk reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Update the Committee on the progress made on the preparations for the World Conference | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Mr. Kenichi Suganuma | Ambassador in Charge of the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction |
Remarks | Read | Watch |
Ms. Margareta Wahlström | Special Representative to the UN Secretary-General for disaster risk reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
Closing remarks | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Päivi Kairamo | Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva |
Closing remarks | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Thani Thongphakdi | Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva |
Closing remarks | Read | Watch |
Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
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His Excellency Maung Wai | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of the Union of Myanmar |
Myanmar (on behalf of ASEAN) | Read | Watch |
Mrs Florika Fink-Hooijer | Director European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection DG |
European Union | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Manuel B. Dengo Benavides | Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations |
Costa Rica (on behalf of CELAC) | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Walid M. Abdelnasser | Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
Egypt (on behalf of the African Group) | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency María del Pilar Cornejo de Grunauer | Minister Secretaría Nacional de Gestión de Riesgos |
Ecuador | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Kenichi Suganuma | Ambassador in Charge of The Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
Japan | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Hans Lundborg | Ambassador Ministry for Foreign Affairs |
Sweden | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Manuel Bessler | Ambassador and Head of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation |
Switzerland | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Jorge Lomónaco | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Mexico in Geneva |
Mexico | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Cecilia B. Rebong | Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Philippines |
Philippines | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Mehmet Ferden Carikci | Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Turkey |
Turkey | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Dilip Sinha | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office |
India | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Alexey Borodavkin | Ambassador Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the UN Office in Geneva |
Russian Federation | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop | Ambassador Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations |
Brazil | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Pedro Comissário | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Mozambique |
Mozambique | Read | Watch |
Ms Xiaochun Hu | Deputy Director General Ministry of Civil Affairs |
China | Read | Watch |
Mr Carlos Marquez | Director de la Unidad Nacional para la Gestion de Riesgo de Desastres Colombia - government |
Colombia | Read | Watch |
Mr Dame Gaye | Directeur De La Protection Civile Protection Civile |
Senegal | Read | Watch |
Mr Taito Vainio | Ministerial Adviser Ministry of the Interior |
Finland | Read | Watch |
Ms Ina Ruth Luise Lepel | Deputy Director-General for Global Issues Federal Foreign Office |
Germany | Read | Watch |
Mr Maurice Van Beers | Theme Expert Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Netherlands | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Krerkpan Roekchamnong | Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Thailand |
Thailand | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Youngjip Ahn | Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea |
Republic of Korea | Read | Watch |
Mr Irfan Mahmood Bokhari | Second Secretary Permanent Mission of Pakistan |
Pakistan | Read | Watch |
Mr Bernardus Wisnu Widjaja | Deputy for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, National Agency for Disaster Management |
Indonesia | Read | Watch |
Ms Malia Talakai | Deputy Lead Negotiator Permanent Mission of the Republic of Nauru |
Nauru | Read | Watch |
Ms Désirée Schweitzer | Deputy Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | Read | Watch |
Ms Sandra Wu | Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Kokusai Kogyo Co, Ltd. |
Business and Industry Major Group | Read | Watch |
Farmers Major Group | Read | Watch |
Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
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His Excellency Alain Dominique Regma Zoubga | Ministre Ministère de l'Action Sociale et de la Solidarité Nationale |
Burkina Faso | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Katerina Sequensová | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic and Plenipotentiary Permanent Mission of Czech Republic |
Czech Republic | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Abdul Hannan | Ambassador & Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Bangladesh |
Bangladesh | Read | Watch |
Mr Pradip Kumar Koirala | Under Secretary Disaster Management Section, Ministry of Home Affairs |
Nepal | Read | Watch |
Ms Khangeziwe Glory Mabuza | Principal Secretary National Disaster Management Agency |
Swaziland | Read | Watch |
Mr Charles Rambolarson | Secrétaire Exécutif Adjoint Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes, Ministère de l'Intérieur et de la Réforme Administrative |
Madagascar | Read | Watch |
Ms Notutela Ncumisa | Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of South Africa |
South Africa | Read | Watch |
Mr Jorge Félix Corrales | Consejero Permanent Mission of Panama to the UN Office at Geneva |
Panama | Read | Watch |
Hon Adriel Brathwaite | Attorney General and Minister of Home Affairs Barbados - government |
Barbados | Read | Watch |
Mr Cesar Agbossaga | Directeur Generale Ministere de L'interieur, de la Securite Publique et des Cultes |
Benin | Read | Watch |
Mr Mauro Lorenzini | Counsellor Permanent Mission of Italy |
Italy | Read | Watch |
Mr Peter Mulrean | Deputy Chief of Mission Permanent Mission of the United States |
United States of America | Read | Watch |
Prof Abe Delfin Ochou | Director General of Environment Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests |
Côte D'Ivoire | Read | Watch |
Mr Michael Staudinger | Director Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics |
Austria | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Walid M. Abdelnasser | Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
Egypt | Read | Watch |
Mr Muhammad Sani Sidi | Director General National Emergency Management Agency |
Nigeria | Read | Watch |
Dr Daniel Eklu | Director Economic Community of West African States |
Economic Community of West African States | Read | Watch |
Economic Community of Central African States | Read | Watch | ||
Mr Stéphane Jacobzone | Deputy Head of Division, Reform of the Public Sector Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | Read | Watch |
Ms Shahira Wahbi | Chief of Sustainable Development and International Cooperation League of Arab States |
League of Arab States | Read | Watch |
Dr Richard John Brennan | Director, Emergency Risk Management and Humanitarian Response World Health Organization |
UN Joint Statement | Read | Watch |
Mr Roy Barboza Sequeira | Secretario Ejecutivo Centro de Coordinación para la Prevención de los Desastres Naturales en América Central |
Central American Integration System | Read | Watch |
Mr Rajendranatm Mohabeer | Chief of delegation Indian Ocean Commission |
Indian Ocean Commission | Read | Watch |
Mr Walter Cotte | Under-Secretary-General International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies | Read | Watch |
Dr Rudiger Klein | Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk Programme International Council of Scientific Unions |
Science and Technology Major Group | Read | Watch |
Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
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Mr Mitiku Kassa Gutile | State Minister for matters related to disaster management and food security Somali region Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Bureau |
Ethiopia | Read | Watch |
Ms Zoraima Cuello | Vice-Minister Presidency of the Dominican Republic |
Dominican Republic | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Ross Sovann | Under-Secretary-General National Committee for Disaster Management |
Cambodia | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Phillip Gibson | Special Envoy Disaster Risk Management Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
New Zealand | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Nazhat Shameen Khan | Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Republic of Fiji to the United Nations |
Fiji | Read | Watch |
Her Excellency Rhoda M. Jackson | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to the UN Office at Geneva |
Bahamas | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Charles Naweji Mundele | Ministre Ministere des Affaires Sociales, Action Humanitaire et Solidarite Nationale |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Read | Watch |
Mr Lamin Nyabally | Permanent Secretary Government of The Gambia |
Gambia | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Ado Elhadji Abou | Ambassadeur Representant Permanent a Geneve Mission Permanente du Niger auprès de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève et l'OMC |
Niger | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Wayne McCook | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations Office at Geneva |
Jamaica | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Ravinatha Aryasinha | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Ibrahim Khraishi | Ambassador Palestine Permanent Mission to the UN |
State of Palestine | Read | Watch |
Ms Marie-Pierre Meganck | Chef de delegation Ministère de l'Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie |
France | Read | Watch |
Ms Hortense Togo épse Moussounda | Directeur Général de la Prévention des Risques (point focal) Ministere de l'Interieur,de la Sécurité Publique, de l'Immigration et de la Décentralisation |
Gabon | Read | Watch |
Armenia | Read | Watch | ||
Mr Arne Folleras | Senior Adviser Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Norway | Read | Watch |
Mr Chee Wee Pang | Deputy Permanent Representative (UN) Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations Office in Geneva |
Singapore | Read | Watch |
Ms Filomena Nelson | Assistant Chief Executive Officer Disaster Management Office |
Samoa (on behalf of Pacific Islands Countries) | Read | Watch |
Mrs Nancy Madrigal Muñoz | Charge d'Affairs a.i Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN Office at Geneva |
Cuba | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Bamanga Abbas Malloum | Ambassador, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of the Republic of Chad |
Group of 77 and China in Geneva | Read | Watch |
Mr Hassan Boukili | Chargé d'Affaires Permanent Mission of Morocco |
Morocco | Read | Watch |
Mr Joshua Tabah | Charge D'Affaires Permanent Mission of Canada |
Canada | Read | Watch |
Mr Julio César Mercado | Counsellor Permanent Mission of Argentina to the UN Office, WTO and other international organizations |
Argentina | Read | Watch |
Dr Stephen Ramroop | National Coordinator, Chief Executive Officer Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management, the |
Trinidad and Tobago | Read | Watch |
Mr Keutekarakia Mataroa | Manager, Regional Programs and Disaster Risk Managment Cook Islands - government |
Cook Islands | Read | Watch |
Hon Alex Bakunda Byarugaba | Chairperson of the Ugandan Parliamentary Committee on DRR Uganda - government |
Uganda | Read | Watch |
Mr Samson Lungo | First Secretary Permanent Mission of the Republic of Zambia |
Zambia | Read | Watch |
Ms Ursula Antwi-Boasiako | Adviser, Humanitarian Disaster Resilience and Policy Group Department for International Development |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Read | Watch |
Mr Edouard Nibigira | Directeur Général de la protection civile et Président de la Plateforme Nationale de prévention des risques et gestion des Catastrophes Disaster Risk Reduction National Platform |
Burundi | Read | Watch |
Algeria | Read | Watch | ||
Mr Leveni Aho | Director Ministry of Infrastructure |
Tonga | Read | Watch |
Ms Constanza Martinez | Deputy Director International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources | Read | Watch |
Mr Keflemariam Sebhatu | Programme Manager Disaster Risk Management Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development | Read | Watch |
Mr Gilles Bessero | Director International Hydrographic Organization |
International Hydrographic Organization | Read | Watch |
Ms Maria Gonzalez | Regional Development Coordinator Tearfund |
NGOs Major Group | Read | Watch |
Ms Elizabeth Riley | Caribbean Community Secretariat |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Read | Watch |
Ms Fatimetou Abdel Malick | Maire Commune de Tevragh-Zeina |
Local Authorities Major Group | Read | Watch |
Ms Akiko Domoto | President Japan Women's Network on Disaster Risk Reduction |
Women Major Group | Read | Watch |
Statement By | Title | Statement | Read | Watch |
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Australia | Read | Watch | ||
Mr Mubarak Ismael Mohamed Elmurtada | Ambassador, Deputy Head of Mission to U.N in Geneva Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Sudan |
Sudan | Read | Watch |
Ms Natalia Pacheco Rodriguez | Second Secretary Permanent Mission of Bolivia to the United Nations Office at Geneva |
Bolivia | Read | Watch |
Ms Claudia Portillo Gonzales | Segunda Secretaria Permanent Mission of Peru |
Peru | Read | Watch |
Mr Antonio Vicente Gimbe | Commander of the National Civil Protection Service and Fire Angola - government |
Angola | Read | Watch |
Ms Sunema Pie Simati | First Secretary Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations |
Tuvalu | Read | Watch |
His Excellency Jean Marie Ehouzou | Head Permanent Delegation of the Africa Union in Geneva |
African Union | Read | Watch |
Mr Giovanni Rum | Head of Delegation Group on Earth Observations |
Group on Earth Observations | Read | Watch |
Mr David Boys | Utilities Officer Public Services International |
Trade Unions Major Group | Read | Watch |
Children and Youth Major Group | Read | Watch | ||
Ms Galina Angarova | Programme Officer Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education |
Indigenous Peoples Major Group | Read | Watch |
Georgia | Read | |||
Yemen | Read | |||
Myanmar | Read |
Technical Workshop: Indicators, monitoring and review process for the post-2015 framework
Mr. Andrew Maskrey, Chief of the Risk Knowledge Section, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mr. Tom De Groeve, Senior Scientist, European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Mr. Andrew Maskrey, Chief of the Risk Knowledge Section, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mr. Stephen Barnes, Policy Manager, Cabinet Office, United Kingdom
Mr. Ginés Suarez Vazquez, Inter-American Development Bank
Technical Workshop: Investing in disaster risk reduction
Technical Workshop: Mutual reinforcement of DRR, SDGs and climate change
Chair’s Dialogues with Major Groups
For All Delegations
For UN
For Major Groups - Women
For Major Groups - Children and Youth
For Major Groups - NGOs
For Major Groups - Science and Technology
For Major Groups - Local Authorities
For Major Groups - Business and Industry