On 18 and 19 May 2023, the General Assembly will conduct a high-level meeting on the Midterm Review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (HLM MTR SF). As per General Assembly resolution A/RES/76/204, the high-level meeting shall consist of an opening segment, a plenary segment, interactive multi-stakeholder panels and a closing segment. The process leading up to the HLM MTR SF and the report on the midterm review of the Sendai Framework (MTR SF) has included rich contributions from Members States, civil society, parliamentarians, the private sector, the scientific community and a large cross section of stakeholders at the national, regional and global levels.

UNDRR is coordinating a Risk Reduction Hub on the margins of the official sessions of the HLM MTR SF to include an array of side events and thematic engagements of various formats in order to discuss advancing risk reduction efforts across sectors, regions, and contexts. These events are for governments, experts, and stakeholders, including and beyond traditional disaster risk reduction actors, to discuss how the calls to action contained in the Political Declaration can be taken forward and to offer concrete solutions that can be the genesis of initiatives or coalitions emanating from the MTR SF.