A/RES/69/283
United Nations
Distr.: General
23 June 2015
General Assembly
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 19 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 3 June 2015
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.67)]
69/283. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 67/209 of 21 December 2012, in which it decided to
convene, in early 2015, the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, as
well as its resolutions 68/211 of 20 December 2013 and 69/219 of 19 December
2014 and its decision 69/556 of 5 March 2015,
1.
Expresses its profound gratitude to the Government and the people of
Japan for hosting the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction, from 14 to 18 March 2015, and for providing all the necessary support;
2.
Endorses the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction 2015–2030 adopted by the Conference, which are contained in
annexes I and II, respectively, to the present resolution.
92nd plenary meeting
3 June 2015
Annex I
Sendai Declaration
1.
We, the Heads of State and Government, ministers and delegates participating
in the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, have
gathered from 14 to 18 March 2015 in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, which
has demonstrated a vibrant recovery from the great east Japan earthquake in March
2011. Recognizing the increasing impact of disasters and their complexity in many
parts of the world, we declare our determination to enhance our efforts to strengthen
disaster risk reduction to reduce losses of lives and assets from disasters worldwide.
2.
We value the important role played by the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015:
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters 1 during the past
10 years. Having completed the assessment and review of and considered the
experience gained under its implementation, we hereby adopt the Sendai Framework
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A/CONF.206/6 and Corr. 1, chap.I, resolution 2.
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