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06 November 2018

#TsunamiDay2018 call to "invest in people"

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05 November 2018

UN Secretary-General's Message for World Tsunami Awareness Day

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31 October 2018

Earth observation data essential to DRR

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19 October 2018

Put local communities at heart of DRR

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17 October 2018

Insurance, investment solutions for reducing disaster loss

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17 October 2018

Tsunamis: 'complacency is the real danger'

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15 October 2018

Journalists recognised for African DRR coverage

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13 October 2018

UN Secretary-General's Message for International Day for Disaster Reduction

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12 October 2018

Practitioners guide on water-related disasters launched

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