How Does the Central Government Make a Remark in the International Arena of Disaster Risk Reduction? Focusing on the Frequency of Statement Publication at the UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

This study aims to clarify the attitudes of each mem-ber state on disaster risk reduction (DRR), and the issues that need to be addressed in the international arena of DRR, to move forward with the implementa-tion of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Re-duction (SFDRR). To this end, we focused on the last three United Nations meetings of the Global Plat-form for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) after the agreement on the SFDRR and analyzed the frequency of publication of official statements by each member state. In addition, the status of these official statements was analyzed in terms of the actual geographical dis-tribution of disaster risk. We clarified that (1) the GPDRR is not necessarily aware of the situation and opinions of all member states; (2) the trends between the frequency of official statement publication and the actual amount of risk are not always closely related; (3) the member states in the Asian and Pacific Ocean region were more active in presenting official state-ments than those of other continents; in other words, the attitudes of Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and some African member states, which also have high disas-ter risks, were shared less frequently in the interna-tional arena; (4) some least-developed member states are actively making official statements and expressing their intentions despite the limited human and finan-cial resources. The results of this study would be help-ful for member states that have not yet made official statements in the past GPDRR to advance their offi-cial statement publication and situations in the inter-national arena.

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This study aims to determine the attitudes of member states on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and address issues in the international DRR arena to advance the implementation of the Sendai Framework. To achieve this, the study examined the frequency of official statement publication by member states at United Nations meetings of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) and analyzed the correlation with actual disaster risk. The results revealed that the GPDRR may not be fully aware of all member state situations and opinions, the frequency of official statements does not always reflect the level of risk, and member states in Asia and the Pacific are more active in presenting official statements compared to other regions. The study also highlighted the active involvement of least-developed member states despite limited resources.