As part of India’s G20 Presidency, he led the G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction.
United Nations:
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed a senior official from India’s National Disaster Management Authority as a special representative for disaster risk reduction.
Kamal Kishore (55) has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) on Wednesday, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General, said. at the daily press conference.
Kishore is currently serving in the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as Secretary to the Government of India. He succeeds Japan’s Mami Mizutori at UNDRR.
During India’s G20 presidency, Kishore led the G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction. He also contributed to the development of the Resilient Infrastructure Alliance launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2019 Climate Action Summit.
Dujarric said Kishore “has almost three decades of experience in disaster risk reduction, climate action and sustainable development at global, regional, national and local levels, having worked in government, the United Nations and civil society organizations “explain.
Prior to joining NDMA, Kishore spent nearly 13 years with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Geneva, New Delhi and New York. During this time, he led global advocacy to integrate disaster resilience into the Sustainable Development Goals and established a global team of disaster risk advisors to support UNDP project countries, according to a U.N. statement.
As a project advisor, he also led the development of disaster and climate risk management-related elements of the UNDP Strategic Plan (2014-17).
Prior to joining the United Nations Development Program, he served as Director of Information and Research and Program Manager for Extreme Climate Events at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok from 1996 to 2002, covering Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, and as architect of the Action Research Center in 1992 From 1994 to 1994, he worked in the New Delhi Development Department and was responsible for post-earthquake reconstruction projects.
His extensive field experience at the Center for Development Action Research, where he was responsible for post-disaster reconstruction and resettlement following two major disasters: the Uttarkashi earthquake in 1991 and the Latur earthquake in 1993, has led him to Ability to apply the professional skills of an architect.
According to his profile on the NDMA website, Kishore has been working on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues at local, national, regional and global levels for over 22 years.
As UNDP Regional Advisor for South and South-West Asia, he supports more than 10 countries on a range of public policy and institutional development issues, while also advising them on the use of appropriate risk reduction tools and methodologies.
Kishore has supported disaster recovery through strategic advice, needs assessment, plan development and coordination following major disasters in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Kishore holds a Master of Science in Urban Planning, Land and Housing Development from the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Institute of Technology Roorkee, India.
The Geneva-based United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is the United Nations focal point for disaster risk reduction and is responsible for coordinating the UN-wide implementation of the Sendai Framework, the first major agreement on the post-2015 development agenda that provides member states with Concrete actions to protect development gains from disaster risks. Risk of disaster.
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