The statement was timed to coincide with the UN day for disaster reduction.
In particular, there's a special focus on the involvement of children and young people in this disaster reduction.
So much is this the case that Mexico has received praise by United Nations International Strategyy for Disaster Reduction for its efforts.
Zehra Zaidi, a researcher at UCL's Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, says "Public confidence [in the warning] is very important; it determines the response.
On the issue of response, David Alexander, professor of risk and disaster reduction at University College London, spoke of "the myth of speed", where humanitarians rush in after a crisis.
However, thanks to subsequent work by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and other agencies, which was incorporated into the Hyogo framework in 2004, warnings are now transmitted internationally.
But the disaster reduction initiative "did get people thinking in new terms," he said, "and led to a more organized measurement of wind turbulence".
Until recently, the most costly and best-known disasters were severe droughts, said Margareta Wahlstrom, the assistant secretary general for the United Nations International Strategyy for Disaster Reduction.
United nations international strategy for disaster reduction.
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) provides one such platform through its world conferences on disaster risk reduction (DRR).
The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) has documented guidelines for disaster preparedness planning, response, and recovery.
