Sendai: UN conference adopts new, people-centred disaster risk reduction strategy | Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD)

Adopting the Sendai Declaration and Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 after days of discussions and a final 30-hour negotiating session, 187 UN Member States attending the Conference approved seven targets, four priorities and a set of guiding principles, underscoring that substantial reduction of disaster risk requires perseverance and persistence, “with a more explicit focus on people and their health and livelihoods, and regular follow up.”

Recognizing the increasing impact of disasters and their complexity in many parts of the world, the Member States in their Declaration called all stakeholders to action, “aware that the realization of the new Framework depends on our unceasing and tireless efforts to make the world safer from the risks of disasters in the decades to come for the benefit of present and future generations.”

Echoing the views of many speakers throughout the week, the Declaration also noted that Sendai, in the midst of what was hailed as a “vibrant recovery” following a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, proved a well-timed location the Conference, which was devoted to updating the landmark disaster resilience agreement reached in 2005 in Hyogo, Japan.

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