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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US">From the UN Women Round Network:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">WUNRN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FJ"><a href="http://www.wunrn.com"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.wunrn.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">SCROLL DOWN FOR SENDAI DECLARATION DOCUMENT & FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER REDUCTION TEXT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none">A Gender Action<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Plan<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to Support Implementation<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the Sendai<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Framework for<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Disaster<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>Risk Reduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none">2015-2030 - Draft 1, 29 August 2023 –
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">Full 23-Page Document is Attached.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="619" height="150" style="width:6.4458in;height:1.5625in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01D9EC04.6445F170" alt="A GENDER ACTION PLAN TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENDAI FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2015-2030 (SENDAI GAP) – DRAFT 1, 29 AUGUST 2023
UNDRR, UNFPA AND UN WOMEN
Please direct any inquiries to: undrr-sendaigap@un.org
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>INFORMATION:<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Following<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><b>Draft<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>1<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Gender<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Action<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Plan<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Support<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Implementation<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>the Sendai<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt"> </span>Framework<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>Disaster<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>Risk<span style="letter-spacing:.8pt"> </span>Reduction<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>2015-2030<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt"> </span>(Sendai<span style="letter-spacing:.75pt">
</span>GAP).<span style="letter-spacing:.9pt"> </span></b>It<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>is<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.85pt">
</span>basis<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>country, stakeholder and United Nations consultations during<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>Round 2 on<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the dates<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">
</span>outlined below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">The<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt">
</span>draft<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt">
</span>based<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>contributions<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>from<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>Country<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>Focal<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>Points,<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>stakeholders<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>United<span style="letter-spacing:.65pt"> </span>Nations entities<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>during<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>Round<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>1<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>consultation<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt"> </span>meetings<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>June<span style="letter-spacing:.7pt">
</span>2023<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>written<span style="letter-spacing:.5pt">
</span>contributions<span style="letter-spacing:.55pt"> </span>up<span style="letter-spacing:.6pt">
</span>to 21<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>July<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">
</span>2023.<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt">
</span>was<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>developed<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt">
</span>by<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>ongoing<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>core<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt">
</span>team<span style="letter-spacing:.45pt"> </span>from<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>UNDRR,<span style="letter-spacing:.4pt"> </span>UNFPA<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt"> </span>UN<span style="letter-spacing:.35pt">
</span>Women,<span style="letter-spacing:.3pt"> </span>with advice from the GAP Gender Expert Group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.9pt;margin-right:10.65pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:11.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;line-height:105%;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Please<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>refer<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>document<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>“<b><i>Information<span style="letter-spacing:1.45pt"> </span>Document<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>on<span style="letter-spacing:1.6pt"> </span>Draft<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>1<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.5pt"> </span>Sendai<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>GAP”<span style="letter-spacing:1.85pt"> </span></i></b>for<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:1.55pt"> </span>full consultations schedule for 2023, and background to the development of the Sendai GAP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:8.05pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:11.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
<b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Consultations Round 2:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Consultation meetings from 18-28 September.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:1.1pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:46.95pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-17.95pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">●<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Written feedback requested by 06 October 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">Registration links for these meetings are provided by email to each consultation group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#2E5395;mso-ligatures:none">Round<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt">
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Groups<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Country Focal Points (by invitation to GAP focal points nominated by countries)</span></b><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Zone<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>
1<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>A,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Africa<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>and Arab States<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Mon 18 September 2023, 11am–1pm Geneva time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Zone<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>1<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt">
</span>Meeting<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>B,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt">
</span>Central Asia and Europe</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Wed 20 September 2023, 10am-12noon Bangkok time</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Zone 2 - Asia and the Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Tues 19 September 2023, 11am–1pm Geneva time<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Thurs 21 September 2023, 12 noon–2pm New York time</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Stakeholder<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Group<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
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<span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Mon 25 September 2023, 11am–1pm Geneva time</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ligatures:none">__________________________________________________________________________________</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="en-FJ"><a href="https://www.preventionweb.net/files/43300_sendaideclaration.pdf?_gl=1*4vnx3d*_ga*MTIwNTYxNzg0LjE2OTUyNTkwNDU.*_ga_D8G5WXP6YM*MTY5NTI1OTA1NS4xLjAuMTY5NTI1OTA1NS4wLjAuMA.."><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">43300_sendaideclaration.pdf
(preventionweb.net)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Roboto;color:#1A1A1A;mso-ligatures:none">The Sendai Declaration is an outcome and declaration of the Heads of State and Government, ministers and delegates who participated
in the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. It recognizes the increasing impact of disasters and their complexity in many parts of the world, and calls all stakeholders to action, aware that the realization of the new framework
depends on unceasing and tireless collective efforts.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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