Hopefully, we can become a good host for the delegations.
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Traffic Corps of the National Police dispatched additional personnel to Nusa Dua, Bali Province, to strengthen security during the implementation of the 7th Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR).

"We are assigned to assist the Bali Regional Police in escorting the delegations,” Head of the corps Inspector General Firman Shantyabudi stated here on Tuesday.

Shantyabudi noted that the traffic corps personnel deployed for the event comprised 80 officers from the national headquarters and 30 officers from the East Java Regional Police.

Furthermore, 55 units of the national police’s four-wheeled operational vehicles were deployed.

“Hopefully, we would become a good host for the delegations,” he remarked.

Shantyabudi expected that the event would be implemented successfully as planned, while the delegates can comfortably, safely, and smoothly participate in the event.

Earlier, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo expressed his side's readiness to ensure the successful implementation of the 7th GPDRR by taking various precautionary measures to ensure security as well as increase the booster vaccination coverage.

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The 7th GPDRR themed "From Risk to Resilience: Towards Sustainable Development for All in a COVID-19 Transformed World" will be held on May 23-38, 2022, in Nusa Dua, Bali Province.

The biennial international forum aims to monitor, evaluate, as well as discuss various new methods regarding disaster mitigation to serve as the basis for preparing a disaster mitigation action plan for the next two years.

The event is planned to be attended by President Joko Widodo, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) António Guterres, several invited heads of state, as well as representatives from 193 GPDRR member countries, with the estimated number of participants reaching five thousand.

Thus, in addition to being a forum to discuss disaster mitigation attempts, the implementation of GPDRR can aid in promoting Indonesia’s tourism, as earlier stated by Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy.

Hence, he had visited the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park and Luhur Uluwatu Temple in Badung District, Bali Province, which were readied for the delegations expected to visit the locations.

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Translator: Laily Rahmawaty, Uyu Liman
Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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