Indian official Kamal Kishore begins term as Special Representative of UN’s Disaster Risk Reduction body

A senior Indian official, Kamal Kishore, has been appointed as Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Head of UNDRR.

Kishore famous that UNDRR performs an essential position in drawing collectively world efforts to cut back catastrophe dangers within the face of growing vulnerabilities, and stated he was wanting ahead to constructing on the progress made so far.

“UNDRR’s ambition matches the size of the issue,” he stated.

He recommended the management of the earlier SRSG, Mami Mizutori, and thanked UNDRR Director, Paola Albrito, for serving as the Acting SRSG previous to his arrival.

Experience at worldwide and nationwide ranges

Kishore brings to the place practically three a long time of expertise in catastrophe threat discount on the world, regional, nationwide and native ranges, having labored in authorities, the United Nations and civil society organisations.

He served as Head of Department of India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) since 2015, main the Group of 20 (G20) Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction beneath India’s G20 presidency.

Before becoming a member of NDMA, Kishore spent practically 13 years with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Geneva, New Delhi and New York.

During this time, he led world advocacy to combine catastrophe resilience considerations within the Sustainable Development Goals and a world crew of catastrophe threat discount advisers to help UNDP programme international locations.