Numerical targets eyed for action plan to reduce disasters: U.N. rep

Numerical targets eyed for action plan to reduce disasters: U.N. rep

Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's special representative for disaster risk reduction, holds a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2015. Wahlstrom said a new action plan to be adopted at the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March in Sendai may contain numerical targets aimed at reducing the number of victims and economic loss during disasters. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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