A/RES/71/226
Disaster risk reduction
economic, social and environmental — in a balanced and integrated manner, and to
building upon the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals and seeking
to address their unfinished business,
Reaffirming also its resolution 69/313 of 27 July 2015 on the Addis Ababa
Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for
Development, which is an integral part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, supports and complements it, helps to contextualize its means of
implementation targets with concrete policies and actions, and reaffirms the strong
political commitment to address the challenge of financing and creating an enabling
environment at all levels for sustainable development in the spirit of global
partnership and solidarity,
Recognizing the need for a broader and a more people-centred preventive
approach to disaster risk and that disaster risk reduction practices need to be
multi-hazard and multisectoral, inclusive and accessible in order to be efficient and
effective,
Reiterating the call in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction for
the substantial reduction of disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health
and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of persons,
businesses, communities and countries,
Expressing its deep concern at the number and scale of disasters and their
devastating impact in recent years, which have resulted in massive loss of life and
long-term negative economic, social and environmental consequences for vulnerable
societies throughout the world, and which hamper the achievement of their
sustainable development, in particular that of developing countries,
Noting the convening of the International Conference on the Implementation
of the Health Aspects of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015–2030, held in Bangkok on 10 and 11 March 2016, which adopted the Bangkok
Principles for the implementation of the health aspects of the Sendai Framework as
a contribution to the Sendai Framework to build resilient health system s,
Recognizing climate change as one of the drivers of disaster risk, and that the
adverse effects of climate change, as contributors to environmental degradation and
extreme weather events, may, in certain instances, among other factors, contribute to
disaster-induced human mobility, and in this regard acknowledging the
internationally agreed outcomes adopted under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, 9
Welcoming the Paris Agreement 10 and its early entry into force, encouraging all
its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change that have not yet done so to deposit
their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where
appropriate, as soon as possible,
Reaffirming the importance of strengthening international cooperation in the
face of disasters, weather-related hazards, including the El Niño phenomenon, and
the adverse effects of climate change to prevent major damage and ensure an
adequate response and attention to the affected populations in a timely manner in
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