Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Yoshitaka Murata (L), Japan's state minister for disaster management, chairs the plenary session of the U.N. World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe on Jan. 22, the last day of the five-day meeting, with Salvano Briceno, director of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction of the United Nations, sitting next to him.

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