“I believe that the Making Cities Resilient Campaign is an excellent way to motivate local governments, and to start a process that leads them to consider all important and necessary aspects  to reduce disasters in their territories, acting on the underlying risk factors of disasters from a prospective vision. In Venezuela, where disaster reduction is still not an institutional priority (despite having a Integral Socio Natural and Technological Risk Management Law, enacted in 2009), it is necessary to disseminate this campaign to promote greater awareness on the subject and promote better governance at the local level to reduce the loss of lives, property and livelihoods when adverse events occur. The Campaign is an excellent tool to support municipalities to be more resilient and to assume a greater commitment to reduce the risk in their territories. In Venezuela, up until July 2013, only one municipality has been registered in the campaign, and we hope that more local actors will join, through the processes of information, training and support that I could provide as an advocate of the United Nations.”
Abelina Caro Ilarraza