Where are the headquarters of UNISDR?

Q.  United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has its headquarters in
- Published on 08 Nov 16

a. Geneva
b. New Delhi
c. Tokyo
d. Washington D.C.

ANSWER: Geneva
 
  • The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) was created in December 1999.
  • The successor to the secretariat of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, it was established to ensure the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
  • UNISDR is led by a United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (SRSG) and has over 100 staff located in its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 5 regional offices (Africa: Nairobi, the Americas: Panama City, Arab States: Cairo, Asia-Pacific: Bangkok and Europe: Brussels) and other field presences in Addis Ababa, Almaty, Bonn, Incheon, Kobe, New York-UN Headquarters, Rio de Janeiro and Suva.

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