Daily Archives: 15 March, 2015
Importance of disaster risk reduction underlined by Vanuatu cyclone devastation
Statement delivered by European Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva on 14 March 2015, at the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan. It so happened that a major natural disaster was taking place at the same time as the Conference, with the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu devastated by Cyclone…
Open European borders for open minds
Europe’s future lies firmly with its youth, which is going to form the next generation of the continent. They will not only inherit the great opportunities that the struggles of the previous generations have created, but a chance to shape the future continent in which their children will grow up.
