Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Mami Mizutori holds a press conference to present Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes at the United Nations offices in Geneva, on Sept. 1, 2021. (File photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / Agence France-Presse) MANILA, Philippines — A United Nations (UN) official is slated to visit the Philippines and launch this year's largest biennial conference on disaster risk reduction in the Asia-Pacific, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said on Sunday.

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