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The World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is a series of United Nations conferences focusing on disaster and climate risk management in the context of sustainable development. The World Conference has been convened three times, with each edition to date having been hosted by Japan: in Yokohama in 1994, in Kobe in 2005 and in Sendai in 2015. As requested by the UN General Assembly, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) served as the coordinating body for the Second and Third UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in 2005 and 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Hyogo Framework for Action (2005-2015) )〕 The conferences bring together government officials and other stakeholders, such as NGOs, civil society organizations, local government and private sector representatives from around the world to discuss how to strengthen the sustainability of development by managing disaster and climate risks. The Third UN World conference adopted the (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 ). Previous conference outcomes include the (Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 - 2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters in 2005 ) and the Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World in 1994. ==2015 Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai== right The Third UN United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held in Sendai, Japan from 14 to 18 March 2015, drawing 6,500 delegates to the conference itself and 50,000 people to the associated Public Forum. Sendai is the largest city of Miyagi Prefecture, in north-eastern Japan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Singapore, UN agency to conduct training on disaster risk reduction )〕 It has a prominent status as it was hit by the Great East Japan earthquake, 130 kilometres from the epicentre. The conference included discussion of the aftermath of the Japanese response to the 2011 disaster and how Japan's early warning system can save lives when earthquakes and tsunamis strike.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ban praises Sendai earthquake recovery as model for turning tragedy of disaster into sustainable future )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Japan provides early warning example )〕 The conference included an announcement of a US$4 billion fund to prepare for disasters over four years. Moreover, the conference coincided with Cyclone Pam hitting Vanuatu, and Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale urgently requested international assistance for his people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=President of cyclone-hit Vanuatu urges global action on disasters )〕 Thus, in 2015, many developed nations announced they would partner with smaller countries to prepare for future disaster relief operations.〔(U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey ) Last Modified 23 March 2015, Retrieved 14 August 2015〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Japan Launches US$4 Billion Sendai Cooperation Initiative As Third UN World Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction Opens )〕 The conference adopted the (Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 ). The Sendai Framework is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven targets and four priorities for action. It was endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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