The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) has a big ambition: to help decision-makers across the globe better understand and act on risk. The Stop Disasters video game teaches ...

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), with the support of the Australian Government and SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI), recently presented the 2022 Women’s International ...

A top Indian official, Kamal Kishore started his term as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's special representative for disaster risk reduction. On May 20, the United Nations Office for Disaster ...

Managing water resources, such as rivers and groundwater, can play a key role in reducing the death and destruction from future disasters, says UNDRR podcast released to celebrate World Water Day on ...

Dubai [UAE], December 16 (ANI/WAM): Lieutenant General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, the Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, warmly welcomed Mami Mizutori, the Special Representative of the United ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has reiterated its commitment to contribute to global disaster risk reduction efforts through continued partnerships with the United Nations Office for Disaster ...

NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee may still be engaged in an acrimonious debate over management of cyclone Yaas, but here is another side to the latest calamity: the UN has praised ...

GENEVA, 10th October, 2025 (WAM) -- The United Arab Emirates officially chaired the first meeting of its tenure as Chair of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Support Group ...

A top official at India's National Disaster Management Authority has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as his special representative for disaster risk reduction.

Geneva: The Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office in Geneva, HE Dr. Hend bint Abdalrahman Al Muftah participated in a meeting of the Support Group of the United ...