The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) recently published the 2019 edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR), a biannual publication aimed at reporting on worldwide efforts to reduce disaster risk. The 2019 report is divided into three parts. Part I (Chapters 3-6) focuses on the Sendai Framework’s “broadened view of the…

At its 71st session, in 2019, the International Law Commission (ILC) decided to include the topic of ‘Sea-level rise in international law’ in its programme of work, based on the recommendation of the Working Group on the long-term programme of work. The initiation of the Commission’s work on this topic is accompanied by the establishment of an open-ended…

Between 16 and 19 December 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted four resolutions focused on strengthening the coordination of UN humanitarian and disaster relief assistance actions. These are Resolution 74/118 on ‘Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations’;  Resolution 74/115 on ‘International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters,…