Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar left for India on Thursday to attend the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR).
The biennial conference is organised by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Ministry of Home Affairs of India will be held from 2nd to 5th of November at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan Conference Centre.
The AMCDRR serves as a forum for stakeholders to take a shared responsibility and make actionable commitments towards implementation of DRR in the Asia region through the exchange of experiences on successful practices and innovative approaches in reducing and managing disaster risk. So far, countries in Asia in collaboration with UNISDR, have organised six AMCDRR conferences.
Speaking to reporters before his departure, the defence minister said the discussions at the conference would help further improve disaster risk reduction prevention mechanisms in the region.
The AMCDRR is an established regional mechanism for disaster risk reduction, and it has been instrumental in increasing political commitment and strengthening the disaster risk reduction agenda at all levels.