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24/08/22 10:25 AM IST

Centre signs headquarters agreement with Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

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  • The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and the Government of India (GoI) signed a headquarters agreement on  in New Delhi.
About the agreement 
  • It is an agreement between an international organization and the host country ( India is hosting CDRI Hq) to determine the privileges, immunities and facilities of an independent body.
  • The agreement will enable the status of an ‘Independent and International Legal Entity’ for CDRI.
  • The pact will enable CDRI to pursue functions internationally with all rights, immunities, and privileges, as per the United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.
CDRI 
  • Launched by Indian PM in 2019 at the UN Climate Action Summit (in New York, US), CDRI is a partnership between national governments, UN agencies, the Pvt sector and Academia.
  • Aim: It promotes the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks.
  • Members: 31 countries, 6 International organizations and 2 private sectors.
  • It works at the intersection of Sendai Framework for DRR (2015-2030) and the Paris Climate Agreement.
  • The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) is a partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, and knowledge institutions that aims to promote the resilience of new and existing infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks in support of sustainable development.
Source- Indian Express 

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