The Council of Europe, through its EUR-OPA Major Hazards Partial Agreement, participated actively in the 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, which took place in Sendai, Japan, 14-18 March 2015. The Agreement shared in particular the results of the work carried out on the topic of people with disabilities and disaster risk reduction, by taking part in the Working session “Proactive participation of persons with disabilities in inclusive disaster risk reduction for all” and the side event “UN DESA Forum on Disability - Inclusive disaster risk reduction inclusion saves lives”. The Council of Europe’s human rights approach to disaster risk reduction was presented at the side events “Disasters and human rights”, “Disasters and displaced persons” and “Health and human rights : questions about nuclear accidents”.
The Agreement has contributed to the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2010-2015 and continues to support the global efforts on disaster risk reduction in cooperation with all international partners involved through Resolution 2014-1 of its Committee.
- Leaflet Towards More Disaster Resilient Societies. The EUR-OPA Contribution
- Resolution 2014 – 1 of the Committee of Permanent Correspondents on the support to the Post-2015 framework for Disaster Risk
- Publication Ethical Principles on Disaster Risk Reduction and People's Resilience
People with Disabilities and Disaster Risk Reduction
- Conference on Including People with Disabilities in Disaster Preparedness and Response, 4-5 December 2014, Brussels, Belgium
- Draft Toolkit for Civil Protection professionals on Major Hazards and People with Disabilities
- Publication Major Hazards and People with Disabilities. Their Involvement in Disaster Preparedness and Response
Nuclear Hazards
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