Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Socio-Cultural Community Ekkaphab Phanthavong received a courtesy call by Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) – Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Marco Toscano-Rivalta, today, at ASEAN Secretariat.

They exchanged views on strengthening of ASEAN-UNDRR collaboration in disaster risk reduction to support implementation of the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response as well as implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in the ASEAN region.