Press release: Private companies join forces with UN agencies to boost disaster preparedness and relief
Press release: Private companies join forces with UN agencies
to boost disaster preparedness and relief
“The United Nations is ready to work with the private sector to manage disaster risk,” said Jordan Ryan of the UN Development Programme at the event, which was also attended by Assistant Secretary-General Catherine Bragg of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. “Our networks stretch around the world, from the halls of power to the smallest farming communities. The UN is ready to collaborate, share knowledge and skills, build resilience and improve planning for disasters.”
“We believe in public-private partnerships that spread the benefits of social outcomes more widely,” said Ms. Zeynep Özbil, Director of Corporate Citizenship at Turkcell. The Turkish mobile phone operator won praise for its relief and rebuilding programmes in
German postal and logistics operator Deutsche Post DHL was commended at the event for its partnership with UNDP and OCHA, initiated in 2005. The agreement has seen the company train more than 400 staff volunteers for deployment after natural disasters to help alleviate bottlenecks at airports by sorting, storing and repackaging relief items. The teams have been deployed to some 20 countries including
“Airport workers in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Lebanon and Türkiye – all countries that are vulnerable to natural hazards – have been trained through the scheme to cope with incoming relief goods, storing them and delivering them quickly via our Disaster Prevention Programme,” said Dr. Christof Ehrhart, Head of Corporate Communications and Responsibility at Deutsche Post DHL.“And when a disaster happens, our DHL Disaster Response Teams continue to be on standby for immediate support at the affected airports.”
For further information, please contact:
Mariana González Migueles, UNDP, 1(212) 906-5317, mariana.gonzales@UNDP.org
Clare Doyle, OCHA, 1 (212) 963 5009, doylecm@un.org
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