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Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development
Disaster Reduction Unit
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Natural Disaster Reduction - News and Events
RDR PRESS BOOK
This table gives an overview of some of the articles relating to the
RDR-Reducing Disaster Risk Report's Launch that appeared in the press.
Links will take you to the article and to the homepage of the different sources.

Where

When
What
ETE ELAAT
Iran
Nov. 24, 2004 Iran ranks 2nd in number of casualties from earthquakes // Cover (only available in farsi)
Nov. 16, 2004 Iran ranks 2nd in number of casualties from earthquakes
Nov. 16, 2004 Iran ranks 2nd in number of casualties from earthquakes per million of inhabitants:UN
Nov. 16, 2004 Iran ranks 2nd in number of deaths from quakes
Jan. 13, 2005 Catastrophes naturelles : le Maroc vulnérable
Jul. 17, 2004 La réduction des risques de catastrophes: un défi pour le développement
L'Opinion
Maroc
Jul. 16, 2004 Il y a un lien entre pauvreté et vulnérabilité aux aléas naturels
Jul. 15, 2004 Catastrophes naturelles: le PNUD à la rescousse
L'Opinion
Maroc
Jul. 15, 2004 Les catastrophes naturelles consttuent aujourd'hui une problématique nationale et internationale
Jul. 14, 2004 Lancément officiel du Rapport mondial sur les Catastrophes Naturelles
Jul. 14, 2004 PNUD: Lancement du rapport mondial sur les catastrophes naturelles
Jul. 14, 2004 Catastrophes naturelles: lancement du premier rapport mondial à Mohammédia
Assahra
Maroc
Jul. 13, 2004 Lancement du rapport mondial sur les catastrophes naturelles
Jul. 12, 2004 Mohammédia, site du lancement du rapport du PNUD
Jul. 12, 2004 Lancement du rapport mondial sur les catastrophes naturelles
L'Opinion
Maroc
Jul. 12, 2004 Lancement du rapport mondial sur les catastrophes naturelles
Mar. 22, 2004 MP3 Format Sound - Spanish - 3MB - Duration: 7min 10 sec.
Mar. 22, 2004 MP3 Format Sound -- 1.5MB - Duration: 3min 05 sec.
Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mar. 09, 2004 Incorporate Disaster Risk in Dev Planning: UN
The Dawn
Islamabad, Pakistan
Feb. 13, 2004 True understanding of disasters' impact stressed
The News
Islamabad, Pakistan
Feb. 13, 2004 Preparedness reduce impact of natural disasters
UNDP Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan
Feb. 09, 2004 Risk Index Established by UNDP
The Economist
Bangkok, Thailand
Feb. 07, 2004 The Heavy Cost of Nature's Wrath
Radio Netherlands
The Netherlands
Feb. 06, 2004 Disasters: why the poor suffer most
The Economist
Bangkok, Thailand
Feb. 05, 2004 Earth, wind and water
Kampuchea Thmey Daily
Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
Feb. 05, 2004 Launch RDR Report
PNUD Nicaragua
Managua, Nicaragua
Feb. 05, 2004 Presentan informe completo sobre reducción de desastres en el mundo
UNDP Azerbaijan
Baku, Azerbaijan
Feb. 04, 2004 Azerbaijan launch
El País
Madrid, Spain
Feb. 04, 2004 Un estudío de la ONU establece que 800.000 españoles viven en zonas con riesgo de inundaciones
United News of Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Feb. 04, 2004 Bangladesh-High Risks
AFP
Phnom Pehn, Cambodia
Feb. 03, 2004 Asia's unplanned development worsens natural disaster burden: UN
Financial Times
London, UK
Feb. 03, 2004 World's poor suffer most when disaster strikes
IRIB News
Teheran, Iran
Feb. 03, 2004 Disasters more deadly for poor
La Prensa
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Feb. 03, 2004 Nicaragua y Honduras vulnerables a
huracanes
Tribune de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland
Feb. 03, 2004 Des catastrophes pas si naturelles
Feb. 03, 2004 Bangladesh ranked as eighth country with most deaths from natural
disasters: UN
All Africa.com
Nairobi, Kenya
Feb. 02, 2004 Africa: Undp Launches Global Report On Disaster Risk Reduction
Associated Press
Washington, USA
Feb. 02, 2004 Governments should prepare better for natural disasters, report says
Mural.com
Mexico
Feb. 02, 2004 Impactan más desastres a países pobres
UNDP en Ecuador
Quito, Ecuador
Feb. 02, 2004 Informe Mundial sobre la Reducción de Riesgos de Desastres: un desafío para el desarrollo
Schweizerische Depeschenagentur AG (SDA) - Service en français
Switzerland
Feb. 02, 2004 Le PNUD lance un nouvel indice de risque de catastrophe. Les pays pauvres beaucoup plus touchés
Feb. 02, 2004 UN: Better Development Decisions Could Save Lives in Natural Disasters
Feb. 02, 2004 U.N.: Natural disaster plans saves lives
Cambio 16
Madrid, Spain
Feb. 02, 2004 Desastres no tan naturales
Cumhuriyet Bürosu
Istanbul, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 Insanlar ölüyor, Türkiye bakiyor
Cumhuriyet Bürosu
Istanbul, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 Türkiye Afet ülkesi
Turkish Daily News
Ankara, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 UNDP maps out a risky world
UN Turkey
Ankara, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 Depredme ilk dörtteyiz
UN Turkey
Ankara, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 Turkey launch
Yeni Safak
Ankara, Turkey
Feb. 02, 2004 Türkiye'de deprem bilinci gelismemis
UNDP Press Releases
Better Preparation for Natural Disaster Could Save Millions of Lives in Developing Countries, UNDP Report Says - Feb. 02, 2004 - PDF - 722KB - 6 pages
Selon un rapport du PNUD, une meilleure prévention des catastrophes naturelles pourrait sauver des millions de vies humianes dans les pays en développement - 2 février 2004 - PDF - 698KB - 7 pages  
La prevención de desastres podría salvar millones de vidas - 2 de febrero de 2004 - PDF - 775KB - 8 páginas