People must be disaster resilient: UN

People must be disaster resilient: UN

INDONESIA: United Nations called on the world community not to
repeat past mistakes in regard to disasters and make communities
disaster resilient.

The world body conveyed this message in a statement, which was
made available to The Jakarta Post by the United Nations
Information Center in Jakarta, to mark the International Day for
Disaster Reduction on Oct. 13.

This year's theme is "Learning from today's disaster for
tomorrow's hazards."

"All should resolve not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
All should work together to improve the chain of information and
decision-making, so that their communities are better prepared
should hazards strike again," the statement said. -- JP