A/RES/69/283 Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. We are strongly committed to the implementation of the new framework as the guide to enhance our efforts for the future. 3. We call all stakeholders to action, aware that the realization of the new framework depends on our unceasing and tireless collective efforts to make the world safer from the risk of disasters in the decades to come for the benefit of the present and future generations. 4. We thank the people and the Government of Japan as well as the City of Sendai for hosting the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and extend our appreciation to Japan for its commitment to advancing disaster risk reduction in the global development agenda. Annex II Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 I. Preamble 1. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 was adopted at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan, which represented a unique opportunity for countries: (a) To adopt a concise, focused, forward-looking and action-oriented post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction; (b) To complete the assessment and review of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters; 2 (c) To consider the experience gained through the regional and national strategies/institutions and plans for disaster risk reduction and their recommendations, as well as relevant regional agreements for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action; (d) To identify modalities of cooperation based on commitments to implement a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction; (e) To determine modalities for the periodic review of the implementation of a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction. 2. During the World Conference, States also reiterated their commitment to address disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience 3 to disasters with a renewed sense of urgency within the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and to integrate, as appropriate, both disaster risk reduction and the building of resilience into policies, plans, programmes and budgets at all levels and to consider both within relevant frameworks. _______________ 2 A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2. Resilience is defined as: “The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions” (see www.unisdr.org/we/inform/terminology). 3 2/24