ADDIS ABABA Miehet NEIGHBORHOOD x Adidas Iniki Runner Boost musta , Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Experts and policymakers haveurged African countries to modernize weather, water, and climateinformation services to promote climate resilient economic growthacross the continent.

Jointly hosted by the African Union (AU) and the Ethiopiangovernment at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa from September 12to 15, the first African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology(AMCOMET) Forum envisages building consensus on modernizinginformation services in Africa's meteorology sector.

According to figures from the World Bank, the economic cost ofrecorded weather-related disasters in Africa in the last 20 yearsis estimated at 10 billion U.S. dollars. The Bank further projectedsuch forms of disasters to increase in frequency and intensity,mainly due to the increasing climate variability across theglobe.

Representatives from various African countries, academia Miehet Naiset Adidas NMD Racer Solar Vaaleanpunainen ,private sector leaders, and international organizations, who areattending the forum, argued that capacity building endeavors wouldhelp as an impetus for long-term disaster risk management andclimate resilient development in the continent.

Josefa Sacko, AUC Rural Economy and Agriculture Commissioner,also stressed the importance that better policies and strategieshave to further enhance access to information about forecastingweather and climate conditions.

Over 2,000 natural disasters Miehet Adidas Tennis HU Holi Festival Keltainen valkoinen , the majority of which resultedfrom drought-related famine, have killed more than 880,000 andaffected 460 million people in Africa since 1970, according to theAU.

Floods are most frequent, accounting for 42 percent of economicdamages by contrast, while droughts affect 78 percent of thepopulation, it was indicated.

Experts and policymakers Miehet Pharrell Williams x Adidas Tennis HU Multi-Color , who are taking part at the continentalforum in Addis Ababa, argued that the need for comprehensive riskmanagement system is the key for reducing the impact of climatechange and its adverse effects imposed against Africa's developmentendeavors.

"Unless comprehensive risk management is put in place, theserisks will draw and threaten peace and development in Africa. Thisis possible only through end-to-end modernization for hydrometservices as well as systems and services," Sacko affirmed.

Sacko also expressed the role the Africa regional strategy fordisaster risk reduction could play on the matter, an initiativelaunched in 2011 by the AU with an aim to contribute towardsattaining sustainable development and poverty reduction byintegrating disaster risk reduction into development programs.

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"This would help to promote sustainable development, adaptationplanning and climate resilient growth," Bekele said.

He also expressed the Ethiopian government's Climate ResilientGreen Economy Strategy as an exemplary initiative to be copied byfellow African countries with regards to developing climateresilient economic growth.

The CRGE strategic plan, launched ahead of the 17th Conferenceof Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17)held in Durban South Africa in 2011, required an estimated 150billion U.S. dollars in its quest to realize a climate-resilientlow carbon emission middle income economy by 2025.

The forum Miehet Adidas Tennis HU Holi Festival Bright Vihreä valkoinen , which brings together African governments, academia,private sector leaders, and international organizations, isexpected to build consensus on and momentum for modernizingweather, water, and climate information services and data.Enditem

UNITED NATIONS Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 musta Oranssi , Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council onTuesday extended sanctions against the Central African Republic(CAR) for another year till Jan. 31, 2019.

The 15-member council unanimously adopted Resolution 2399 toextend for another year an arms embargo on the country.

The resolution decides that all UN member states shall continueto take the necessary measures to prevent the supply, sale ortransfer of arms and related materiel to the CAR, including weaponsand ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, spare parts, andtechnical assistance Miehet Pharrell x Adidas NMD Human Race valkoinen musta , training, financial or other assistancerelated to military activities.

It also decides to extend for another year a travel ban againstindividuals deemed responsible for destabilizing the country and anasset freeze against those individuals and entities designated by asanctions committee.

The resolution demands necessary measures from UN member statesto prevent the entry into or transit through their territories ofindividuals designated by the sanctions committee.

It calls upon the CAR government to enhance cooperation andinformation sharing with other states, and calls for internationalcooperation in this regard.

The resolution decides that the travel ban and asset freezeshall apply to the individuals and entities designated by thesanctions committee as engaging in or providing support for actsthat undermine the peace, stability or security of the CAR,including acts that threaten or impede the stabilization andreconciliation process or acts that fuel violence.

The resolution also extends the mandate of a panel of experts onthe CAR until Feb. 28, 2019, and expressed its intent to review themandate and take appropriate action regarding further extension nolater than Jan. 31 Adidas Originals NMD City Sock 2 PK valkoinen , 2019.

The resolution expresses particular concern about reports ofillicit trafficking networks, which continue to fund and supplyarmed groups in the CAR, and encourages the panel of experts todevote special attention to this issue.

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