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Cabinet approves Categorization of the CDRI as an International Organization

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Published on: July 02 2022 Share on facebook

  • Recently, Cabinet has approved the categorization of the Coalition of Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) as an international organization.
  • The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
  • It also approved signing of the Headquarters Agreement (HQA) with CDRI for granting it the exemptions, immunities and privileges under the United Nations (Privileges & Immunities) Act, 1947.
  • Since its launch, 31 countries, six international organisations and two private sector organisations have joined as members of CDRI, which has been expanding its membership consistently by attracting a wide variety of economically advanced countries, developing countries and countries that are most vulnerable to climate change and disasters.
  • The Cabinet had on August 28, 2019, approved the setting up of CDRI with its Secretariat in New Delhi along with a support of ₹480 crore.
  • CDRI was launched by the Prime Minister of India during the United Nations Climate Action Summit on September 23, 2019, in New York.
  • CDRI is a global partnership of national governments, UN agencies and programmes, multilateral development banks and financing mechanisms, the private sector, academic and knowledge institutions that aim to promote the resilience of infrastructure systems to climate and disaster risks, thereby ensuring sustainable development.
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