UNITED NATIONS:(CNI MONITERING )Kamal Kishore, a top Indian official for disaster and climate risk management, has started his term as a special representative of UN chief Antonio Guterres for disaster risk reduction.

On March 28, Kishore, 55, was appointed by Guterres as his special representative for disaster risk reduction and the head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).

Kishore was earlier with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). He succeeds Mami Mizutori of Japan at the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)(CNI MONITERING)