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(d) Substantially reduce disaster damage to critical infrastructure and
disruption of basic services, among them health and educational facilities, including
through developing their resilience by 2030;
(e) Substantially increase the number of countries with national and local
disaster risk reduction strategies by 2020;
(f) Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries
through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions for
implementation of the present Framework by 2030;
(g) Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early
warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.
III. Guiding principles
19. Drawing from the principles contained in the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer
World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and
its Plan of Action 11 and the Hyogo Framework for Action, the implementation of the
present Framework will be guided by the following principles, while taking into
account national circumstances, and consistent with domestic laws as well as
international obligations and commitments:
(a) Each State has the primary responsibility to prevent and reduce disaster
risk, including through international, regional, subregional, transboundary and
bilateral cooperation. The reduction of disaster risk is a common concern for all
States and the extent to which developing countries are able to effectively enhance
and implement national disaster risk reduction policies and measures in the context
of their respective circumstances and capabilities can be further enhanced through
the provision of sustainable international cooperation;
(b) Disaster risk reduction requires that responsibilities be shared by central
Governments and relevant national authorities, sectors and stakeholders, as
appropriate to their national circumstances and systems of governance;
(c) Managing the risk of disasters is aimed at protecting persons and their
property, health, livelihoods and productive assets, as well as cultural and
environmental assets, while promoting and protecting all human rights, including
the right to development;
(d) Disaster risk reduction requires an all-of-society engagement and
partnership. It also requires empowerment and inclusive, accessible and
non-discriminatory
participation,
paying
special
attention
to
people
disproportionately affected by disasters, especially the poorest. A gender, age,
disability and cultural perspective should be integrated in all policies and practices,
and women and youth leadership should be promoted. In this context, special
attention should be paid to the improvement of organized voluntary work of
citizens;
(e) Disaster risk reduction and management depends on coordination
mechanisms within and across sectors and with relevant stakeholders at all levels,
and it requires the full engagement of all State institutions of an executive and
legislative nature at national and local levels and a clear articulation of
responsibilities across public and private stakeholders, including business and
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