U.N. anti-disaster rep keen on action plans to trim economic losses

U.N. anti-disaster rep keen on action plans to trim economic losses

Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's special representative for disaster risk reduction, holds a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on March 11, 2015. Wahlstrom showed enthusiasm for drawing up action plans on reducing economic losses at the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on March 14-18. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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