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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Dear Disaster Risk Management Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
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Asia regional preparation for the first ever World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016.
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development community in Viet Nam primarily on the four themes of the World Humanitarian Summit: 1. humanitarian effectiveness; 2. reducing vulnerability, managing risk; 3. transformation through innovation; and 4. serving the needs of people in conflict.
Results from the consultation will be reported to the regional consultation workshop on 23-24 July 2014 to be held in Japan.
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<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The UN Disaster Risk Management Team in Viet Nam would like to request for your participation into this technical
discussion. The meeting will take place at 10am on the 29<sup>th</sup> of May, 2014 in the Rose Room of the UNDP Compound, 72 Ly Thuong Kiet, Hanoi. We enclose herewith the agenda and background papers of the world humanitarian summit preparation for your
kind reference. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Myriad Pro","sans-serif"">Kindly confirm your participation to Ms. Nastassja Hoffet, Tel: 04-39421495 (ext. 107) or Email:
<a href="mailto:nastassja.hoffet@undp.org">nastassja.hoffet@undp.org</a> not later than Monday 26 May 2014. We look forward to your participation and thank you for supporting this important work.
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