Basseterre,St.Kitts October 13 2020 (SKNVIBES)
Today, Tuesday, October 13, 2020, our Federation joins the rest of the United Nations Member States in observing International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. This year’s IDDRR observances are being held under the theme of #ItsAllAboutGovernance1The theme has been deliberately selected to illustrate the imperative for successful disaster risk governance which must be measured in terms of the following: (i) the number of lives that have been saved from disasters of various kinds; (ii) the reduction in the number of persons who are affected by disasters; and (iii) the lessening of economic losses due to disasters.
Thus far, the year 2020 has proven to be a colossal test of the disaster risk governance capacity of every single country on the planet. This is due, in large measure, to the catastrophic impact that has been created by the Covid-19 pandemic which has already claimed in excess of 1 million lives over the past seven months.
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