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Regional coordination should ensure that local efforts to instil civil protection and respond to emergencies are supported by mutual assistance and resources from higher levels of government. The business continuity plans will function in parallel to emergencyresponse plans. The citizen 4.1
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Mami Mizotori, the Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster RiskReduction (UNDRR) stated in the mid-term report of the Sendai Framework that "progress [in implementing the SFDRR] has stalled and, in some cases, reversed". In these countries responsibility for coordinating local emergency actions is delegated to the regions.
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