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Tajikistan + 5 others
Regional humanitarian funding update - Caucasus and Central Asia, Issue 06 (1 January - 31 December 2012) [EN/RUS]

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Highlights

· In 2012, donors give $45 million in humanitarian aid to the Caucasus and Central Asia ($18 million in 2011)

· Drop in outgoing aid: in 2012, the region gave $1.5 million compared to $13 million in 2011

· Assistance from Azerbaijan makes up the bulk of the region’s outgoing aid in 2012

· Russia emerges as top donor to the region in 2012, while Tajikistan remains the region’s largest aid recipient

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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Tajikistan + 7 others
Humanitarian Bulletin South Caucasus and Central Asia Issue 01 | 1 January – 31 December 2012

Frequent small to medium-scale emergencies raged through the region in 2012, inflicting the most damage on rural households. Support from humanitarian and development partners was often necessary to help affected people back onto their feet, learn from the disaster and better prepare for future shocks.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Kazakhstan + 7 others
Caucasus and Central Asia: 2012 emergencies (as at 31 Dec 2012)

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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World + 15 others
Humanitarian Assistance in Review, FY 2003 – 2012: Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia | FY 2003 – 2012

Natural disasters, including drought, earthquakes, floods, and wildfires, as well as ongoing complex emergencies and limited government capacity in the region, present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA). Between Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 and FY 2012, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) provided assistance in response to a range of disasters, including floods, wildfires, winter emergencies, and complex crises.

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World + 3 others
Empowering Lives, Building Resilience

Reducing the risk of disaster in Armenia

Hovhannes Arakelyan has witnessed hundreds of floods in his remote village of Sipanik, in Western Armenia. "I have seen smashed roads, houses, and crops, and disasters used to diminish our hope for a better life," says the 72-year-old.

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Yemen + 13 others
Disaster Risk Reduction – Europe, The Middle East, And Central Asia Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012

OVERVIEW

Natural hazards such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, wildfires, and extreme winter weather affect a range of countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia (EMCA). In addition, rapid urban growth and environmental degradation in some countries have led to overcrowding and settlement in hazard-prone areas. Protracted conflict and limited governmental disaster management capacity in many EMCA countries compound the risks associated with natural disasters.

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Kyrgyzstan + 7 others
Regional humanitarian funding update - Caucasus and Central Asia, Issue 04 | Second Quarter 2012 (April – June 2012)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • In April – June 2012, the region received $15 million in humanitarian funding.

  • Figures on Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s outgoing aid released by governments

  • Unusually high number of disasters hit the region

After a long winter, a series of disasters

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan hit by above-average number of disasters

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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World + 30 others
Disaster Risk Reduction in School Curricula: Case Studies from Thirty Countries

Executive Summary

This document reports the findings of a UNICEF/UNESCO Mapping of Global DRR Integration into Education Curricula consultancy. The researchers were tasked with capturing key national experiences in the integration of disaster risk reduction in the curriculum, identifying good practice, noting issues addressed and ones still lacking and reviewing learning outcomes.
The methodology employed has been one of meta-research of available literature and case study documentary research into the experiences of thirty countries.

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World + 5 others
Preventing Crisis, Enabling Recovery: BCPR Annual Report 2011

Summary

Disasters, violent conflict, and economic and climate-related turbulence continue to claim lives, destroy economies and livelihoods, and undermine development progress for millions of people. Crisis prevention, recovery and reducing the vulnerability of countries to catastrophe are cornerstones of UNDP’s work. As part of UNDP, the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery (BCPR) was established to support innovative approaches to crisis prevention, early warning and conflict resolution, as well as to help bridge the gap between emergency relief and long-term development.

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Armenia + 12 others
Europe Zone, 2011 Annual Report MAA65001

Report
IFRC

This report covers the period from 01/01/2011 to 31/12/2011.

Programme summary

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Armenia + 7 others
Regional humanitarian funding update - Caucasus and Central Asia, Issue 03 | First Quarter 2012 (November 2011 – March 2012)

Highlights

Since November 2011, the region has received $8 million in humanitarian funding

In turn, the region has provided $1.3 million in humanitarian funding

National Red Crescent Societies respond to emergencies in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Armenia + 7 others
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP): DIPECHO Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC) (ECHO/DIP/BUD/2012/91000) - Last update: 16/11/2011, Version 1

The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2012/01000

1 . CONTEXT

For the purposes of this Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP), the Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC) region covers the following countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan (Central Asia), and Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (South Caucasus). This represents an area of 4.1 million square kilometres and with a population of 77 million.

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World + 19 others
Closing 'Historical and Unforgettable' Annual Debate, General Assembly President Says Time to Shift Gears to Crucial Next Step, 'Turn Talk into Real Impact'

GA/11155

Sixty-sixth General Assembly
Plenary
28th, 29th & 30th Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

World Leaders Came to Express ‘Hopes and Needs of Their Nations’,
Salute Courage of Those Who Fought for Freedom, Dignity, Democracy around Globe

“It has been an historic and unforgettable debate,” said the President of the General Assembly this evening as he closed the annual event, but it was now time to shift attention to the crucial next step, “turning talk into real impact”.

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Peru + 7 others
Disaster Risk Reduction in International Cooperation: Switzerland's Contribution to the Protection of Lives and Livelihoods

Foreword

Today half of the world's population is under threat from the forces of nature - one fifth of the earth's surface is regularly affected by earthquakes, vol-canic eruptions, floods, drought, landslides and storms. There are indications that such events are increasingly frequent. Moreover, the effects of cli-mate change are becoming evident.

The negative impacts of such natural events affect increasing numbers of people: 6.9 billion people live on our planet today and, according to UN esti-mates, this number will have

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Armenia + 4 others
South East Europe and Caucasus Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Project

Report
World Bank
I. Country Context

Countries of South East Europe and the Caucasus (SEEC) are highly vulnerable to natural hazards. Ninety percent of the area of South East Europe is located within trans-boundary river basins, which makes the region highly prone to floods. Due to climate change, the frequency and severity of natural disasters, particularly those of hydro-meteorological origin, are rising in all SEEC countries. In addition, the Balkans and the Caucasus, located on the intersection of two continental plates, have suffered some of the most damaging earthquakes in the recent

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Armenia + 11 others
'We Must Move Forward!' Assembly President Says, Challenging Member States to Be Brave Enough to Reject Static Positions, Make United Nations Better

GA/11006

Sixty-fifth General Assembly
Plenary
23rd & 24th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-Fifth Session of General Debate Ends with Delegations Warning Against Yielding United Nations Vital Decision-Making Functions to Other Forums

The question of the United Nations being able to effectively tackle entrenched global ills - from poverty and terrorism to conflict prevention and pandemic disease - hinged on whether the 192-member body would be brave enough to move beyond deadlock and oft-repeated positions of principle to truly defend its role as the premier centre for global

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Armenia + 12 others
À l'issue du débat général, le Président de l'Assemblée demande l'adaptation de l'ONU aux réalités actuelles pour renforcer son rôle dans la gouvernance mondiale

AG/11006

Assemblée générale

Soixante-cinquième session

23e et 24e séances plénières - matin et après-midi

Le Président de l'Assemblée, Joseph Deiss de la Suisse, s'est exprimé aujourd'hui à l'issue du débat général pour lancer un appel à l'adaptation de l'ONU aux réalités actuelles pour qu'elle puisse assumer pleinement son statut de « pièce maitresse du système de gouvernance mondiale ».

Reconnaissant la « réalité incontournable » du G-20, M. Deiss a estimé qu'une amélioration des mécanismes d'information, de consultation et de coopération entre l'ONU et les autres acteurs de

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Pakistan + 14 others
Opening General Debate, Secretary-General Says 'Great Goals Are Within Reach', Urges Members States to Stand United 'Against Forces that Would Divide Us'

GA/10996

Sixty-fifth General Assembly
Plenary
11th & 12th Meetings (AM & PM)

Theme of Debate: Reaffirming Central Role United Nations in Global Governance; Assembly President Says World Body Must Reform, Act with More Efficiency, Unity

Achieving the United Nations ambitious agenda for a more prosperous and sustainable world free of nuclear weapons was among the great challenges of our era, and the Organization had a moral duty to pull together in a principled stand against the divisive forces, be they social, economic or geopolitical, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon