The World Conference on Disaster Reduction was held by decision of the United Nations General Assembly in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan on 18-22 January 20051. It adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 (HFA) as a systematic, strategic blueprint to guide national and international efforts to reduce vulnerabilities and risks induced by naturally occurring hazards and human-made processes. The Hyogo
Framework states that its implementation “will be appropriately reviewed” and requests the UNISDR to “prepare periodic reviews on progress towards achieving [its] objectives and priorities....and provide reports and summaries to the [General] Assembly and other United Nations bodies...based on information from national platforms, regional and international organisations and other stakeholders...”. Anticipating the approaching mid-point of the HFA, the UN Secretary General indicated to the General Assembly in 2008 that the second session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in June 2009 would initiate the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the HFA expected by 2010; this was welcomed by the General Assembly. The second session of the Global Platform held in Geneva on 16-19
June 2009 discussed the scope and modalities for the Mid-Term Review and concluded that it should “address strategic and fundamental matters concerning its implementation to 2015 and beyond”.
This document briefly describes the questions that the Mid-Term Review will seek to answer, the methodological tools that will be used to seek answers to these questions and the timeline within which this process is expected to be completed.
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