African Union: Africa needs to accelerate its commitments to enhance disaster risk management
Africa needs to accelerate the commitments of the Nairobi Declaration to enhance disaster risk management in the Continent. This was the key rhetoric coming from the just concluded 17th Session of the Africa Working Group for Disaster Risk Reduction (AWG-DRR). The three-day event took place in Maputo, Mozambique 16-18 March 2022.
Delegates discussed ways to accelerate action towards implementing the Africa Programme of Action for the implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa (PoA), to enhance traction of actions by member states and regional economic communities (RECs).
The AWG-DRR also provided an opportunity to Mozambique as the host country to share its experiences in disaster risk reduction. The country has been battered by cyclones in the recent past. Cyclone Idai in 2019 devastated much of the country, and even within the timeframe of the AWG session, the country was in the midst of Cyclone Gombe.
Mr. Harsen Nyambe, Director of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy, AUC, who chaired the Session gave opening remarks on behalf of AUC, and highlighted progress made by the Commission, including the recent operationalization of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room.
Ms. Sithembiso Gina, Senior Programme Officer SADC, who represented SADC highlighted the value in the operationalization of SADC Humanitarian and Emergency Operation Centre (SHOC) and the role it will play in galvanising disaster risk reduction efforts in Mozambique and the region in general....
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Delegates discussed ways to accelerate action towards implementing the Africa Programme of Action for the implementation of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in Africa (PoA), to enhance traction of actions by member states and regional economic communities (RECs).
The AWG-DRR also provided an opportunity to Mozambique as the host country to share its experiences in disaster risk reduction. The country has been battered by cyclones in the recent past. Cyclone Idai in 2019 devastated much of the country, and even within the timeframe of the AWG session, the country was in the midst of Cyclone Gombe.
Mr. Harsen Nyambe, Director of Sustainable Environment and Blue Economy, AUC, who chaired the Session gave opening remarks on behalf of AUC, and highlighted progress made by the Commission, including the recent operationalization of the Africa Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Early Action System (AMHEWAS) Situation Room.
Ms. Sithembiso Gina, Senior Programme Officer SADC, who represented SADC highlighted the value in the operationalization of SADC Humanitarian and Emergency Operation Centre (SHOC) and the role it will play in galvanising disaster risk reduction efforts in Mozambique and the region in general....
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https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20220324/traction-and-implementation-nairobi-declaration-strengthened-disaster-risk
Source: The AUC Department of Information and Communication
Source: The AUC Department of Information and Communication
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