Dhaka, Feb. 23 -- A two-day annual thematic meeting of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) begins here on Sunday on the theme "Striving together for addressing displacement due to slow and sudden-onset disasters".

Bangladesh as the current Chair of the PDD in collaboration with International Organization for Migration (IOM) will host the event.

The meeting will explore issues related to human mobility -- displacement, migration and planned relocation -- in the context of both sudden-onset disasters like tropical cyclones, tidal bore, tsunami, earthquake, landslide and volcanic eruption, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It will also explore slow-onset events and processes like sea level rise, river erosion, salinity...