Correct Answer : October 13
October 13 is designated as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction with a focus on encouraging a global culture of risk awareness and catastrophe preparedness.
The day is an opportunity to acknowledge the progress being made toward preventing and reducing disaster risk and losses in lives, livelihoods, economies and basic infrastructure in line with the international agreement for reducing global disaster risk and losses.
In 2022, the International Day will focus on Target G of the Sendai Framework : “Substantially increase the availability of and access to multi-hazard early warning systems and disaster risk information and assessments to people by 2030.”
The urgency to achieve this target was strengthened in March 2022 by the announcement made by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres that “the United Nations will spearhead new action to ensure every person on Earth is protected by early warning systems within five years.”
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was established in 1989 in response to a United Nations General Assembly request for a day to encourage a world view of risk awareness and disaster reduction. The drastic change in recent years has been a triggering factor in many natural calamities.
The
UN Secretary-General used the
International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2016 to launch the
Sendai Seven Campaign, which refers to the seven objectives of the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-2030).
It was implemented at the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in
Sendai,
Japan, a city that was at the epicentre of the 2011
Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The disaster left
20,000 dead, causing huge economic turmoil..
Source : News18
