ISDR Asia Partnership (IAP) meeting, April 2014, Bangkok April 2014 Sujit Mohanty UNISDR ROAP Making of the for 6 AMCDRR Declaration and Voluntary Commitment Statements

6 AMCDRR Conference outcome A political declaration Set of stakeholders’ ‘Voluntary Commitment Statement’ as annexes to the main declaration ‘Asia HFA2 input document’ endorsed by Ministers/ Governments

Purpose of the Declaration The declaration will be the political commitments of governments towards a) minimizing the impact of disasters by promoting appropriate level of investments in disaster risk reduction in the Asia Pacific region and b) committing to the implementation and periodic review of the successor arrangement of the HFA (HFA2). The declaration and its annexes are intended to act as a reference document for governments and other key stakeholders to guide their future actions in disaster risk reduction in the region. Acknowledging the fact that Disaster Risk Reduction is ‘Every body’s Business’, the stakeholder’s commitments as an annex to the main declaration will aim at prioritizing the role, actions and commitments of the partners.

Drafting process The proposed process for development of the declaration and its annexes: A core ‘Drafting Team’ will be established prior to the conference, who will draft the declaration through coordinating inputs from IAP members and other partners in the region. During the conference an official ‘Drafting Committee’ will be established with a broad representation of governments and key stakeholders those will manage the ‘Endorsement/ adoption’ process. Will be Chaired by : Government of Thailand

Drafting process Drafting Team: A group of 8-10 committed individuals from the host government, technical session leads, Stakeholder groups, UNISDR and other interested representatives from other organizations/ stakeholders will form a drafting team prior to the conference and will be responsible for drafting of the declaration and the annexes.

Drafting process The proposed composition for the ‘drafting team’ is: 1.DDPM, Government of Thailand [Name: TBC] 2.MoFA, Government of Thailand [Name: TBC] 3.Geneva, Permanent Mission, RTG [Name:] 4.Representatives from technical session lead organizations (IFRC, ADRRN, UNDP, World Bank, USAID, ADPC and UNESCAP) [Name: TBC] 5.UNISDR : [Name: TBC] 6.Others from stakeholder groups [Name: TBC] 7.…TBD

Role of the drafting team: Organize consultation (in absence of physical meetings, consultations to be organized through ) Coordinate input from the governments, stakeholder groups and other IAP members Share draft declaration with the governments and other IAP members Draft the declaration based on the technical background documents and inputs from the stakeholders. The drafting team will physically meet during the IAP meeting in April 2014 and subsequently communicate on an group.

Role of the drafting committee: A formal ‘drafting committee’ will be set up during the conference with representations from governments and possible representatives from other stakeholders. The drafting team will provide the draft declaration to the Drafting Committee and the committee will finalize the declaration and get it adopted in the conference. Formally meet in the designated secretariat of drafting committee. Presents the Declaration and the annexes in the plenary for endorsement/ adoption.

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