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Words into action: a guide for implementing the Hyogo Framework (pdf 3.5mb)

This guide outlines the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) which was formulated as a comprehensive, action-oriented response to international concern about the growing impacts of disasters on individuals, communities and national development.

Based on careful study of trends in disaster risks and practical experience
in disaster risk reduction, and subjected to intensive negotiations during 2004 and early 2005, the HFA was finally brought to fruition and adopted by 168 Governments at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, 18-22 January 2005.

An important feature of the HFA is its legally non-binding character, which allows it to set out a well-grounded set of technical and organizational requirements for reducing disaster risks, while leaving the details of its implementation to the decision of governments and relevant organizations, according to their needs and capacities.

 

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