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Csaba\u00a0K\u0151r\u00f6si<\/em>,<\/em> President of the 77th<\/sup> session of the General Assembly<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n—-<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nOpening Segment of the High-level meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n18 May 2023 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n(As delivered)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nMadam Deputy Secretary-General,<\/p>\n
Madam Special Representative,<\/p>\n
Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n
It is a pleasure to welcome you to this High-Level Meeting.<\/p>\n
Let me extend special thanks to the two Representatives, who have joined us here.<\/p>\n
One of them, Mr. Mustafa Kemal Kilin\u00e7, came from the earthquake zone in T\u00fcrkiye to be with us today.<\/p>\n
I am sure we have much to learn from your first-hand insights on how to identify risk, assess the gaps and bolster resilience in the future.<\/p>\n
As the earthquake across T\u00fcrkiye and Syria, and the recent Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar and Bangladesh made clear, disasters know no borders.<\/p>\n
They are also connected \u2013 to each other and to us, through our actions and inactions.<\/p>\n
To better manage disaster risks, we must understand why and how disasters are connected \u2013 and address our role in perpetuating them.<\/p>\n
This has become an inevitable priority for all countries, regardless of geography.<\/p>\n
But then, to quote Robert Louis Stevenson, \u201cThe mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sendai Framework was the first of the landmark international agreements adopted in 2015.<\/p>\n
In many ways, it was a framework ahead of its time.<\/p>\n
Member States called for a critical shift towards the proactive management of risks before the onset of disaster.<\/p>\n
World leaders pledged to pursue risk-informed decision making, build resilience, tackle the impacts of climate change and create pathways for sustainable development.<\/p>\n
Eight years on, we must admit that our progress has not kept pace with the urgency of our days.<\/p>\n
The known number of people affected by disasters has jumped 80-fold since 2015.<\/p>\n
The shocks ignited by unattended risk \u2013 and amplified by COVID, conflict, and climate change \u2013 have torn through our systems across the world.<\/p>\n
They have left millions homeless and starving.<\/p>\n
They upended supply chains.<\/p>\n
They laid bare the gross inequities of an international financial order that has often prized profits over people.<\/p>\n
How did we get here?<\/p>\n
We must acknowledge that our decisions \u2013 on how we consume, produce, fuel, finance and plan \u2013 are still out of sync with the reality that nature\u2019s resources are finite.<\/p>\n
We have to rethink and recalibrate our systems, our structures.<\/p>\n
We should acknowledge our enormous responsibility for human-induced climate change.<\/p>\n
And we have to stop undervaluing the environmental and other costs of our actions.<\/p>\n
As accountants like to say: \u201cIt is not a calculated risk if you have not calculated it.\u201d<\/p>\n
This midterm review is our last chance before 2030 to collectively change course.<\/p>\n
Starting today, let us ensure our choices are planet-smart and people-centred.<\/p>\n
Let us measure prosperity with a tool that widens the lens of GDP \u2013 one that captures the true cost of human, social, natural and built capital, the total assets of a nation.<\/p>\n
By moving Beyond GDP, we can shift away from extractive and transactional behaviours, moving towards modes of inclusion and solidarity.<\/p>\n
In these efforts, let us ensure that risk governance and management evolve in ways that are proportionate to the challenges at hand.<\/p>\n
The more we improve scientific capabilities and manage residual risks, the better our societies will withstand the shocks.<\/p>\n
I challenge you to account for risk in every decision that impacts how we live, consume, build and invest.<\/p>\n
To shift the temporal frame \u2013 from short-term decision making to the one that also includes long-term perspectives,<\/p>\n
To make the sustainable transformations in global and local risk governance,<\/p>\n
To value resilience in the global financial system by redressing how disaster risk is treated,<\/p>\n
To increase and incentivize investment in prevention and rapid response; and, above all,<\/p>\n
To place people at the centre of prevention efforts.<\/p>\n
By engaging those most affected by disasters, we can reverse the trends towards inequality, restricted civic space and rising vulnerability.<\/p>\n
In short: anticipate risks, calculate, factor in, prepare, prevent, respond rapidly and build the lessons learned into the next action plans.<\/p>\n
These issues are at the core of the political declaration that will be adopted today.<\/p>\n
And they are embodied in the UN Charter we have pledged to uphold.<\/p>\n
I urge you to renew the drive for a multilateral system ready for the new risk landscape.<\/p>\n
The transformation towards resilience is ours to craft.<\/p>\n
I thank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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