13 October 2014 - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman delivers the keynote address at the start of the Disaster Response Dialogue (DRD) Global Conference on October 13, 2014 at Diamond Hotel.

DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman poses for a photo opportunity with the DRD high level panelists. (From left) Former Senator Richard Gordon, Chair of the Philippine Red Cross; Mr. Jagan Chapagain, IFRC; Ambassador Fuad Maznaee, OIC Director of Humanitarian Affairs;  Mr. David Carden, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA);  Lotta Sylwander, HC/RC a.i., UNICEF Country Representative in the Philippines;  Mr. Steve Darvill, Humanitarian Advisor, Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Nan Buzard, Executive Director, International Council of Voluntary Agencies; Assistant Secretary Jesus “Gary” Domingo, Department of Foreign Affairs; Sec. Dinky Soliman, DSWD; Mr. Oliver Lacey-Hall, Head, OCHA Regional Office for Asia-Pacific; Alicia Dela Rosa Bala, Deputy Secretary General ASEAN;  Mr. Charles-Antoine Hofman, DRD;  Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber; Undersecretary Lesley Cordero, Office of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery; Tjokorda Samadhi, Deputy Minister/Head, President’s Delivery Unit, Indonesia.  END