Asian Parliamentarians call on governments to allocate at least 1% of national budget to disaster risk reduction
Parliamentarians from 10 Asian countries issued the Manila Call to Action last November 27, 2010, calling on national governments to allocate at least 1% of their national budgets and development funding for reducing disaster risk.
Gathered in Manila, Philippines for the Consultative Meeting for Asian Parliamentarians on “Disaster Risk Reduction: An Instrument for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals,” the legislators from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand pledged to be agents of change and agreed “to transcend political boundaries in advancing disaster risk reduction and in fostering synergies with climate change adaptation for achieving the Millennium Development Goals.” The parliamentarians also agreed to enhance their knowledge and capacity in disaster risk reduction through closer collaboration with the UNISDR and recommended that governments use UNISDR’s Advocacy Kit for Parliamentarians on Disaster Risk Reduction as an Instrument for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
The Manila Call to Action can be accessed here.
Source: UNISDR
