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October 13 : International Day for Disaster Reduction

International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) was observed globally on 13 October 2016 with theme Live to Tell: Raising Awareness, Reducing Mortality. 
●    The day encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster resilient communities and nations.
●    The 2016 edition marks the launch of the new "Sendai Seven" campaign by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). 
●    Sendai Seven is centred on the seven targets of theSendai Framework, the first of which is reducing disaster mortality. 
●    UNISDR’s campaign seeks to create a wave of awareness about actions taken to reduce mortality around the world.
●    Earlier, the day was celebrated on the second Wednesday of October (Resolution 44/236, 22 December 1989). 
●    But in 2009, the UN General Assembly formally designated 13 October as the annual date (Resolution 64/200, 21 December 2009).


 

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