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Meet on disaster risk reduction adopts declaration

NEW DELHI: The second Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction has adopted the Delhi Declaration on disaster risk reduction that contains 26 action points.

The declaration, adopted at the conclusion of the conference here on Thursday, called upon national governments and other stakeholders to take specific measures for reducing risks on disasters in Asia and its different sub-regions.

It also called for taking action along the Hyogo framework for action, mainstreaming disaster risk reduction, early warning and preparedness, climate change, integration of disaster risk reduction into recovery and reconstruction, partnerships and regional mechanisms.

The declaration affirmed that the biennial Asian Ministerial Conference, which had started in Beijing in 2005, would be expanded as the regional platform for disaster risk reduction, with participation of the national governments, regional and sub-regional organisations, the U.N. agencies, international financial institutions and other stakeholders, including the civil society, scientific and technical organisations, the private sector and the media.

The Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction will be held once in two years by rotation in different Asian countries to review the action taken by the national governments and other stakeholders for the implementation of the Hyogo framework for action, take stock of initiatives taken in various sub-regions of Asia for promoting and enhancing cooperation among the nations within and outside the governments for disaster risk reduction.

In his valedictory address, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil highlighted the need for mainstreaming of disaster management initiatives into development planning to minimise the losses due to devastating impact of disasters.

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