AMCDRR 2018 TO START TODAY

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The second Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) under the theme ‘Preventing Disaster Risk: Protecting Sustainable Development’ is beginning today, on July 3. The conference has started with the Stakeholder Consultations at the Tuushin Hotel at 9 AM. The opening ceremony will be held at the State House at 4 PM. The AMCDRR is a regional council platform aimed at building and strengthening the region's disaster prevention, preparedness and capacity to fight disaster. At the conference the countries share their efforts and achievements in disaster risk reduction, advise, provide technical assistance to other countries, solve the challenges and issues jointly as well as lead the initiative of regional and cross-border disaster reduction, enabling ways to find effective solutions on that matter. The second AMCDRR will feature six technical, seven themed and two featured events. B.Misheel