２７年秋に仙台で国際防災会議　国連機関の閣僚級会合、国内初

　国連防災機関（ＵＮＤＲＲ）主催の「アジア太平洋防災閣僚級会議」が２０２７年秋に仙台市で開催されることが２２日分かった。日本での開催は初めてで、近くＵＮＤＲＲと日本政府が正式合意する。
　同会議はアジア太平洋地域の国が災害被害の軽減に向け、防災や災害対応などの知見や課題を共有する目的で約２年ごとに開催。フィリピンで開かれた前回会議には政府機関や研究機関など４０カ国以上から７０００人超が参加した。
　仙台市によると、１５年に国連防災世界会議で採択された指針「仙台防災枠組み」の実施状況を確認し、新たな連携策などを協議する予定。東日本大震災などで得た教訓や復興の現状の発信も目指す。（2025/04/22-16:14）

The U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction will hold an Asia-Pacific ministerial conference in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in autumn 2027, it was learned Tuesday.
   Such a meeting will be held in Japan for the first time. The U.N. agency and the Japanese government will formally agree on the event soon.
   The Asia-Pacific ministerial conference is held roughly every two years, allowing countries in the region to share findings and challenges about disaster prevention and response so that they could reduce damage from disasters.
   The last gathering, held in the Philippines, was attended by over 7,000 people from more than 40 countries, including those from government bodies and research institutes.
   According to the city government of Sendai, the 2027 conference is expected to review the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, adopted at a U.N. conference in 2015, and discuss new steps for cooperation.