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THE HONOURABLE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA, MANMOHAN SINGH
‘Build Back Better’ was our motto for all the areas affected by the Tsunami of 2004. India is completely focused
on creating the requisite infrastructure to achieve this goal, including early warning systems to mitigate the
impact of any future calamities.
We have put disaster risk reduction at the top of our agenda. Enactment of disaster management
legislation in 2005 has laid down institutional, financial and techno-legal arrangements in all tiers of the
administrative structure.
Our country is cooperating with international agencies, especially those within the United Nations, to achieve
the national objectives articulated in consecutive five-year plans as well as the global Millennium Development
Goals. In future, the National Disaster Management Authority will continue to work together with these agencies
towards institutional strengthening and capacity building for disaster risk reduction measures, including climate
change adaptation measures.
I am happy that the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction is publishing
Risk Returns
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presentation to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in May 2011. I hope this publication will be a
significant milestone in the process of building a culture of prevention and preparedness.
Manmohan Singh
The Honourable Prime Minister of India
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