(VOVworld) – Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, shared Vietnam’s experience on disaster preparedness at the release of the UN report “Dare to Prepare: Taking Risks Seriously” on Thursday.
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Ambassador Le Hoai Trung, Vietnam’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations
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Trung said Vietnam agreed with the report’s recommendations to increase financing for preparedness through a combination of global, regional and national financing mechanisms.
Ambassador Trung praised the report as an effort to deepen understanding about preparedness at a time when the UN is working on its post-2015 development agenda and new sustainable development goals.
He underscored the role of policies and laws, and the involvement of the entire political system, ministries, local authorities, political-social organizations, and the public in natural disaster and climate change mitigation.