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Message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction 国际减灾日致辞 13 October 2016 2016年10月13日 Last year, Governments adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and embedded its objectives in the 2030 Development Agenda. Today, we launch the “Sendai Seven Campaign: Seven Targets, Seven Years”, which highlights how we can all contribute to reducing disaster losses. This year’s target is reducing loss of life. 去年，各国政府通过了《仙台减少灾害风险框架》，并将框架目标纳入《2030年发展议程》。今天，我们启动“仙台七运动：七年七目标”，该运动重点指出我们如何都能为减少灾害损失作出贡献。今年的目标是减少生命损失。 We can replace material possessions, but we cannot replace people. I am repeatedly appalled at how many people die in disasters. The majority of victims are invariably the poor and vulnerable. 物质财富损失后能够再换，人却不能。灾害中死亡人数之多一次次令我感到震惊。大多数遇难者总是穷人和弱势者。 Today, hundreds of millions of people live at risk from rising seas, earthquakes, drought, heatwaves, floods and storms. They live on marginal lands, beneath unstable hillsides or on storm-exposed coastlines. This is why eradicating extreme poverty – the first of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, is essential to reducing disaster risk. | 
