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Paragraph 186 of the Future We Want, Rio+20
Disaster risk reduction
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We call for States, the United Nations system, the international financial institutions, subregional, regional and international organizations and civil society to accelerate implementation of the Hyogo Framework for action 2005-2015 and the achievement of its goals. We call for disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience to disasters to be addressed ... as appropriate, to be integrated into policies, plans, programmes and budgets at all levels and considered within relevant future frameworks. We invite governments at all levels as well as relevant subregional, regional and international organizations to commit to adequate, timely and predictable resources for disaster risk reduction in order to enhance the resilience of cities and communities to disasters, according to their own circumstances and capacities.

Supporting Initiatives
Ministerial Declaration on the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Natural hazards and disaster risk reduction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
United Nations