International Natural Disaster Reduction Day 2020. 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. In 2015 at the third un world conference on disaster risk reduction in sendai japan the international.
The international day for natural disaster reduction is a global observance and not a public holiday. It was declared in the context of the international decade for disaster risk reduction an initiative of the united nations general assembly when it was decided to celebrate it as an annual event in 2002 and then officially declare it as such in 2009. International day for disaster reduction 2020.
International day for disaster reduction 2020.
International day for disaster risk reduction is observed on october 13 every year. When associated with the covid 19 outbreak a natural disaster could contribute to worsen the rohingya refugee crisis in cox s bazar. The international day for disaster risk reduction was started in 1989 after a call by the united nations general assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk awareness and disaster reduction. It was declared in the context of the international decade for disaster risk reduction an initiative of the united nations general assembly when it was decided to celebrate it as an annual event in 2002 and then officially declare it as such in 2009.