U.N. forum on disaster risk reduction begins in Sendai

U.N. forum on disaster risk reduction begins in Sendai

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in the opening session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on March 14, 2015. The meeting began three days after Japan marked the fourth anniversary of the March 11, 2011, earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated the area. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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