Technical Sessions

Mr. Aslam Perwaiz, Deputy Executive Director to ADPC, shared ADPC's thematic and geographical spread at the 14th Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) meeting held in Kathmandu, Nepal, to reinforced the Agenda 2030, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals for resilient communities, by enabling coherence between frameworks, policies and practices.

"Achieving Resilience for Inclusive DRR: Issues & Options" Keynote Address by Saber H. Chowdhury MP (Bangladesh) Chair, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Honorary President of Inter-Parliamentary Union. 15th Meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management

After three days of thoughtful dialogue, the 15th Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) issued the Bangkok Statement on disaster risk reduction and climate resilience in Asia and the Pacific on behalf of over 200 participants including delegates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, P.R. China, India, Lao PDR, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, and observers from UN agencies, civil society, NGOs and other areas. The delegates called upon governments, the international community and other stakeholders to uphold their commitments to reduce the risk of disaster and enhance climate resilience so that the implementation of inclusive DRR and CR strategies and action plans both at national and local levels is not undermined.

Mr. Hans Guttman, Executive Director to ADPC, presents the Kathmandu Statement adopted at the 14th meeting of the Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) held on 3 - 5 December, 2018, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) mechanism, established in 2000, seeks to promote the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies, share experiences and best practices, advance cooperative programs at regional and sub-regional level, and provide guidance to Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) on its future work and strategies. ADPC serves as the Secretariat to the RCC. The 15th RCC meeting was held on 15-17 January 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand.