After having international applaud for setting benchmarks in disaster management during the last years, Odisha has now been invited to deliver the keynote address of the United Nations’ Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Disaster Resilience Week scheduled to be held in Bangkok from August 26 to 28.
The State’s Commission-cum-Secretary and Managing Director of Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) Bishnupada Sethi has been invited to deliver the keynote address of this prestigious international event.
Sethi will throw light upon how the Governments in Asia and Pacific region can further cooperation in improving the disaster management systems.
Replying to a media query on Saturday, Sethi said, “The success that Odisha has achieved is not the work of a day or month but of continuous endeavours over 20 years.” He added, “Disaster resilience can be built through ‘empowerment’, ‘inclusion’, ‘shared understanding’ and ‘joint strategic action plan’ among the nations in Asia and Pacific region.”
Sethi will deliver the keynote address at Bangkok on Monday (August 26. With this, Odisha will have another footprint in disaster management at the global level.