MONGOLIA EMERGENCY CHIEF AT INTERNATIONAL FORUM

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Chief of the Emergency Management Agency T.Dulamdorj is attending the sixth Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction these days. The Conference is taking place in Bangkok, Thailand to provide a unique opportunity for Asian Disaster Risk Reduction organizations and practitioners to shape the Hyogo Framework for Action 2. A strong turn-out of government ministers and top disaster management officials ensures high-level political engagement in key discussions at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction in Thailand which will end June 28. More than 2,500 representatives from 42 countries are taking part in the three-day conference to agree the region’s priorities for the post-2015 global framework for disaster risk reduction. The Conference features four High-Level Round Tables comprising Ministers in charge of disaster risk management and the Heads of Delegation from each country present. At one of these forums Ministerial Statements reflects on implementation of the current global framework for disaster risk reduction, the Hyogo Framework for Action, and highlight priorities for consideration at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015. The other three High-Level Round Tables focuses on enhancing resilience at local levels; resilient public investments; and public-private partnerships for disaster risk reduction. A series of technical sessions around the same themes are running at the Conference in support of the political dialogue.