A/RES/60/195 Stressing the importance of advancing the implementation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development 1 and its relevant provisions on vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster management, Expressing its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of Japan for the excellent arrangements made for hosting the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo, from 18 to 22 January 2005, for the hospitality extended to the participants and for the facilities, staff and services placed at their disposal, as well as for all the voluntary contributions made to facilitate the participation of representatives of developing countries, in particular those from the least developed countries, Welcoming the Hyogo Declaration, 2 the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005– 2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, 3 and the common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean disaster: risk reduction for a safer future, 4 as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, Recognizing that the Hyogo Framework for Action complements the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, 5 Taking note that the scope of the Hyogo Framework for Action encompasses disasters caused by hazards of natural origin and related environmental and technological hazards and risks and thus reflects a holistic and multi-hazard approach to disaster risk management and the relationship between them, which can have a significant impact on social, economic, cultural and environmental systems, as stressed in the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 6 Recognizing the need to continue to develop an understanding of, and to address, socio-economic activities that exacerbate the vulnerability of societies to natural disasters and to build and further strengthen community capability to cope with disaster risks, Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation 1. of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction; 7 2. Endorses the Hyogo Declaration2 and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters3 as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005, and recalls the common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean disaster: risk reduction for a safer future;4 _______________ 1 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August– 4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 2 A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 1. 3 Ibid., resolution 2. 4 A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, annex II. 5 A/CONF.172/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I. 6 See resolution 60/1. 7 A/60/180. 2