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Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2030

Arab Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction 2030

Disaster
Policy
2018
Year of publication
2018
Specific thematic area
Disaster preparedness, management and/or response
Sector of governance
Disaster
Type of human mobility
Displacement, Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Not available
Type of environmental driver
Disaster-related events
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Regional instruments Member countries
Algeria, Bahrein, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Sub-region
Multiple
Region
Multiple
Macro-region
Multiple
Author/issuing body
League of Arab States
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
C
Gender marker
B
Human rights marker
C

“[T]he movement of people and animals to other areas with limited resources.”

Ps. 4, 7 

“secondary risks associated with population displacement [..] that pose multiple challenges on a wider scale than ever before, and adversely affect the capacities of Arab countries to reduce and manage disaster risks”

Ps. 4, 7 

impacts of “severe migration pressures” on vulnerable groups, “especially women”

Ps. 4, 7 

Need to address the vulnerability of “internally displaced people and other vulnerable population groups” through the incorporation of “risk reduction considerations into national and local policies, plans, and legal frameworks for all critical sectors related to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.” (3.3.2).

Ps. 4, 7 

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).