UNDP calls for better readiness in disaster prevention
- By Chen Boyuan
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Christophe Bahuet, UNDP Country Director in China, inspects a UNDP-funded infrastructure reconstruction in a rural village of Deyang, Sichuan Province, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Deyang is among the worst hit areas in the major earthquake that jolted Sichuan on May 12, 2012, which took more than 60 thousand lives. [Photo by Chen Boyuan / China.org.cn]. |
Although the 2014 HDR (English version) was already launched globally in July of this year, UNDP purposefully chose to officially present the report's Chinese edition much later, at Risk Reduction and Preparedness Forum, in large part because the United Nations believed that China "vulnerability and resilience" still deserve much attention.
While China has made significant progress in establishing an infrastructure for disaster response, the causes and consequences of various disasters continue evolving, said Christophe Bahuet, the UNDP Country Director in China, in his keynote speech at the forum.
According to Bahuet, years of cooperation between the UNDP and the Chinese government has led to the implementation of several disaster risk management-related projects to enhance disaster management coordination and communication and to improve national and local capacity for disaster preparedness, response and recovery in China.
In terms of South-South Cooperation (SSC) on disaster management, UNDP China, with support from the Department for International Development (DFID), has sought to bridging China with Bangladesh and Nepal for experience sharing and learning.
The UNDP is working with key government partners of the three countries in planning and organizing exchanges and mutual learning activities as well as pilot initiatives that aim at strengthening resilience of vulnerable communities in the countries.
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