On the occasion of International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (13 October), the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in his message stated, "The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to the importance of strengthening disaster risk reduction. Many countries are facing multiple crises simultaneously. We will see more of this. Extreme weather events have risen dramatically over the past two decades. Yet, we have seen little progress on reducing climate disruption and environmental degradation."
Accordingly, this year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is all about strengthening disaster risk governance to build a safer and more resilient world, he added.
He cautioned that the bad situations only would get worse without good disaster risk governance which was not the sole responsibility of local and national authorities, but in the present COVID-19 crisis, it required international cooperation.
He made the following remarks in his message.
Good disaster risk governance means acting on science and evidence.
To eradicate poverty and reduce the impacts of climate change, we must place the public good above all other considerations.
We need to strengthen disaster risk governance to build a safer and more resilient world.
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