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High level side-event at ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, New York, 20 July 2012

Outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand, March 2011. Félix Genêt Laframboise, IFRC.

"In the driver’s seat: How affected states are becoming better prepared to facilitate and manage international disaster cooperation"

 

This high-level side event to the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of ECOSOC, the UN Economic and Social Council, focused on progress in the development of domestic preparedness to facilitate and regulate international disaster reponse. It considered this in the light of recent experiences of Colombia and Mozambique, and provided an overview of the pilot Model Act on IDRL.

The event was moderated by Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, and speakers included:

  • Bekele Geleta, Secretary-General of the IFRC
  • Ambassador Nestor Osorio, Permanent Representativeof Colombia to the United Nations
  • Americo Ubisse, Secretary-General of the Mozambique Red Cross Society
  • David Fisher, Coordinator of the IFRC's Disaster Law programme.

Timing: 1.15– 2.30pm, Friday 20 July 2012

Venue: Conference Room 7, North Lawn Building, United Nations Headquarters, New York

 

Please click here for the event flyer.

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