The IFRC’s annual flagship publication the World Disasters Report (WDR) 2012 will be officially launched on Tuesday 16 October 2012. (Under embargo until Tuesday, 16 October at 1 p.m. Geneva time ) Mr Matthias Schmale, IFRC Under-Secretary General for National Societies and Knowledge Development Mr Robert Tickner, Acting IFRC Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Values and Diplomacy and Secretary-General of the Australian Red Cross Ms Sue Lemesurier, Head of the IFRC Migration Unit