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close this bookDisaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.)
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View the documentUnited Nations reorganization and the Disaster Management Training Programme
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View the documentAnnex 1: Profile of selected United Nations agencies and their activities in disaster mitigation
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Annex 2: Acronyms

DHA

Department of Humanitarian Affairs

ECA

Economic Commission for Africa

IDNDR

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OAS

Organization of American States

UNCHS

United Nations Center for Human Settlements

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNDRO

United Nations Disaster Relief Organization (now DHA-Geneva)

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization