UNISDR brought together in Cairo, from 22 to 26 April, over 40 participants from 15 Arab countries to participate in the Regional Workshop to Advance Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab Region. The main aim of the workshop was to exchange regional experience, debate on the implementation of the Hyogo Framework of Action and discuss the national disaster losses databases as a critical tool for risk reduction. In the photos participants from Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.

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