APPOINTMENT AS REGIONAL CHAMPION OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: Senator Loren Legarda accepts appointment as Regional Champion of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific from UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Director Salvano Briceno during the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held on 02 December 2008 at the Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Asia Pacific Regional Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction is an honorary title bestowed by UNISDR on a person of integrity who embodies its mission and ideals in advocating for disaster risk reduction.