(2)Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

(2)Delegates pledge to continue disaster reduction efforts

KOBE, Japan - Jan Egeland (R), the U.N. undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kobe on Jan. 22 after the five-day session of the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction. At left is Yoshitaka Murata, Japan's state minister for disaster management.

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