The United Nations Population Fund is the lead UN agency delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

International

Disaster risk reduction, increasing resilience, disaster response and recovery, gender responsive DRR

UN Women is a United Nations entity working for the empowerment of women.

International

Disaster risk reduction, increasing resilience, disaster response and recovery, gender responsive DRR

UNICEF is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.

International

DRR, response and recovery, emergency prevention, disaster resilience, education, child-centred approach, women, etc.

UNDRR (formerly UNISDR) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and it supports the implementation & review of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction adopted by the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction on 18 March 2015 in Sendai, Japan.

International

DRR, early warning and response, emergency prevention, Sendai Framework,

The subregional office for North and Central Asia, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, covers nine members, namely Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

International

Environment and sustainable development, Information and communications technology and disaster risk reduction

The UNESCO Almaty Office (established in 1994) works in four countries, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. It works through and in cooperation with the National Commissions for UNESCO in each country and partner networks in its fields of competence.

International

Geohazard Risk Reduction, Water-related Hazards, Climate risks, glaciers degradation, prevention and mitigation of emergencies, etc.