Welcome speech

Joseph Kwan
RI International Commission on Technology and Accessibility Global Chair

Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you all for your presence here. And we specially like to thank our host, the Nippon Foundation and Mr. Ishii for organizing this important event. As you are all aware, the disability inclusive disaster risk reduction is certainly important. It is a major focus of Rehabilitation International, and we really look forward to our further collaboration and further work with the Nippon Foundation in order to implement articles from the Sendai Framework and the way forward for all of us.
So on behalf of the Taskforce on DiDRR, which was set up under Rehabilitation International, we like to thank you and we look forward to our future collaboration with your Foundation.
I like to invite our Past President of RI, Madame Hawker to also give us a Welcome Remark. Thank you, Anne.