
Participants from African countries and beyond gather in Abuja, Nigeria, today 13th of May 2014, for the 5th Africa Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Stakeholders from the AUC, governments, intergovernmental regional organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors, United Nations, academic and technical institutions, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Government Organizations all joined by mayors and local governments, community leaders, parliamentarians, youth, media and the private sector to share a common commitment to forge an African position on a post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction focused on building the resilience of African communities in line with sustainable development goals.
THEME: PREVENT RISK; BUILD RESILIENCE