International Disaster Reduction Day 2020. The international day for disaster reduction iddr takes place every year on 13 october. International day for natural disaster reduction is observed every year on 13 october to raise awareness about the risk of disaster reduction.
Substantially increase the number of countries with national and. This year there will be a substantial focus on public health and disease outbreaks in the context of the covid 19 pandemic the theme will be it s all about governance which is closely linked with target e of the sendai framework. The united nations un s international day for disaster risk reduction or international day for disaster reduction iddr is annually observed across the globe on 13th october to promote a global risk awareness and disaster reduction.
In 2015 at the third un world conference on disaster risk reduction in sendai japan the international.
The international day for disaster reduction 2020 continues to focus on the sendai seven campaign centred on the seven targets of the sendai framework for disaster risk reduction 2015 2030. International day for disaster reduction 2020. Substantially increase the number of countries with national and. International day for disaster risk reduction 2020 the international day for disaster risk reduction was started in 1989 after a call by the un general assembly unga for a day to promote a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction.
