We must keep our children safe

On the eve of International Day for Disaster Reduction, Salvano Briceño puts a challenge to the world’s education authorities.

October 16, 2007

Salvano Briceño

  • Secretary-General, UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Geneva.

    OUR most precious investments are little things, easily damaged, always in need of protection, but of limitless potential value. So why do we risk the most important capital of all: our children’s lives? Tomorrow is the International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 10, 2007) and it seems an appropriate moment to ask a vital question: why do we

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