Margareta Wahlstrm, Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction:
Disaster risk reduction is cheaper than emergency response
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
IN November 2008, Margareta Wahlstrm was appointed as the Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), to step up action and international cooperation on disaster risk reduction. The Swedish native is now based in Geneva and heads the United Nations Disaster Risk Reduction Office (UNISDR). "The escalating loss of life, the growing numbers of people affected each year and the economic damage have reached such a
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