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Citing Capacity, Financing Gaps amid Increasing Weather-Related Disasters, Speakers in General Assembly Highlight Strategies to Reduce Risk, Strengthen Resilience – World

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72ND (RESUMED) & 75TH MEETINGS (AM).

Delegates Also Elect Algeria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone,Slovenia as Non-Permanent Security Council Members for 2024-2025 Term.

After affirming their commitment last month to a landmark 2015 accord on limiting damage, losses and death from natural and man-made disasters by 2030, Member States gathered once again at the General Assembly Hall today, together with intergovernmental and other organizations, to spotlight how they are working to reduce risk and strengthen resilience, pointing to gaps in capacities and financing amid increasing weather-related disasters.

Some delegates drew attention to the widespread destruction caused by recent cyclones that hit their regions and urged the international community to provide immediate help and enhance support. Zimbabwe’s representative recalled Tropical…

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