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Natural Disaster Reduction - News and Events
DRU IN THE PRESS
This table gives an overview of some of the articles relating to the
UNDP-BCPR Disaster Reduction Unit that appeared in the press.
Links will take you to the article and to the homepage of the different sources.

Where

When
What
May 2005
June 25, 2005

UN looks to the long term after early sucesses International Relief

May 25, 2005

Post-Tsunami Recovery Will Take About A Decade: UN Agencies

AFP
France
May 24, 2005

Post-tsunami recovery will take about a decade // Data

May 24, 2005

Tsunami sets damaged countries back ten years

May 24, 2005

UNDP: Post-Tsunami Recovery Will Take a Decade

May 23, 2005

SYRIA: Government upgrades disaster management

May 23, 2005

Post-tsunami recovery will take about a decade: UN agencies

UN News
United Nations
May 09, 2005

Island after the hurricane: Grenada struggles to recover from devastation

May 05, 2005

Ten cities fall under high seismic risk zone

May 04, 2005

10 cities in high seismic risk zone

April 2005
GEO
France
April 2005

A l'écoute de la Terre - Près d'un milliard d'hommes menacés

Apr. 30, 2005

Checking Aftershocks

Apr. 29, 2005

When disaster strikes: assessment on preparedness

Apr. 28, 2005

Caribbean not fully prepared for hurricanes

Apr. 04, 2005

More Than Half World Population Exposed to Natural Hazards

March 2005
March 2005 Newsletter

When Disaster Strikes - Quoting Andrew Maskrew & Maria Olga Gonzalez
Weblink // PDF version - 190KB- 12 pages

Planet Ark
Australia
Mar. 14, 2005

Kazakhs May Face Another Aral Sea Disaster, UN Says

Mar. 11, 2005

Les donateurs tiennent les promesses, reste à dépenser à bon escient

February 2005
Planet Ark
Australia
Feb. 14, 2005

Kazakhs May Face Another Aral Sea Disaster, UN Says

January 2005
Tribune de Genève
Switzerland
Jan. 24, 2005

Ces désastres perçus à tort comme naturels

Jan. 24, 2005

Group: Majority Have No Insurance Access

Jan. 23, 2005

U.N. disaster conference gets mixed reviews

Jan. 23 , 2005

Disasters know no borders, but insurance coverage for them does

Jan. 21, 2005

UN Appeals for Governance Funding for Tsunami-Affected Countries

Jan. 18, 2005

Flood warning system to be set up at
Mitchell Town

Jan. 17, 2005

Rising Tide. The tsunami's real cause

Planet Ark
Australia
Jan. 14, 2005

Kazakhs May Face Another Aral Sea Disaster, UN Says

Le Monde
France
Jan. 05, 2005

Koffi Annan change de directeur de cabinet

December 2004
Dec. 31, 2004

UNDP’s disaster training was just a year away

October 2004
Oct. 16, 2004

UNDP cites Orissa, Gujarat models to tackle disasters

The Hindu
India
Oct. 16, 2004

Workshop to review role of UN Volunteers in Risk Management

Oct. 03, 2004

Storm-Tossed Lessons
By Julia Taft

September 2004
BBC News Online
United Kingdom
Sep. 26, 2004 Agony piled on agony in Haiti
BBC News Online
United Kingdom
Sep. 15, 2004 Losing sight of the countryside // Print Friendly format
World Urban Forum 2004 - Barcelona
BBC News Online
United Kingdom
Sep. 14, 2004 'Sustainable relief' is needed // Print Friendly format
World Urban Forum 2004 - Barcelona
BBC News Online
United Kingdom
Sep. 09, 2004 Hurricane Ivan blasts Caribbean
Sep. 2004 Public Forum "Recovery from Catastrophic Disasters" held at UNU, Tokyo on August 24
ASDR Bi-weekly News Vol.1 - September 1, 2004
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