Thursday 3 November 2016

PM Modi inaugurates Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 3-day Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction, AMCDRR, in New Delhi today. Addressing a press briefing on Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk reduction-2016, Home Minister Rajnath Singh outlined the agenda of the conference which sets out to implement Sendai framework of 2015 for calamities in the Asian region. This is the first major
inter-governmental event after the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

The minister also said that the conference will come out with a Delhi statement aiming at regional co-operation over disaster risk reduction.

61 countries from Asia and Pacific region with nearly 4,000 delegates, including 1,100 foreign representatives, are expected to participate in the conference. 

PM Modi inaugurates Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 


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