The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) was established in 1999
to facilitate the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (ISDR). UNISDR was mandated “to serve as the focal point in
the United Nations system for the coordination of disaster reduction
and to ensure synergies among the disaster reduction activities of the
United Nations system and regional organizations and activities in socioeconomic
and humanitarian fields” (UN General Assembly Resolution
56/195). With the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015:
Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters (HFA),
the United Nations General Assembly tasked UNISDR with supporting its
implementation. UNISDR also organizes the Global Platform for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UN General Assembly Resolution 61/198).