International Day for Disaster Reduction - wikipedia International Day for Disaster Reduction This article needs more links to other articles to help integrate it into the encyclopedia. Please help improve this article by adding links that are relevant to the context within the existing text. ( December 2012 ) The International Day for Disaster Reduction ( IDDR ) encourages every citizen and government to take part in building more disaster resilient communities and nations. The United Nations General Assembly designated October 13 as the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction as part of its proclamation of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. In 2002, by a further resolution, the General Assembly decided to maintain the annual observance as a vehicle to promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including prevention, mitigation and preparedness. In 2009, the UN General Assembly decided to designate October 13 as the official date and also changed the name to International Day for Disaster Reduction. References Jump up ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 44 Resolution 236. International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction A / RES / 44 / 236 22 December 1989. Retrieved 2008 - 09 - 18. Jump up ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 56 Resolution 195. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction A / RES / 56 / 195 21 January 2002. Retrieved 2008 - 09 - 18. Jump up ^ United Nations General Assembly Session 64 Resolution 200. International Strategy for Disaster Reduction A / 64 / 200 21 December 2009. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 14. External links Official website Official website of UNISDR, the United Nations secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Day_for_Disaster_Reduction&oldid=838485928 '' Categories : United Nations days Recurring events established in 1989 October observances Disaster management Hidden categories : Articles with too few wikilinks from December 2012 All articles with too few wikilinks Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from December 2012 All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify Talk About Wikipedia Asturianu Català Español Bahasa Indonesia 日本 語 Polski Русский Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 April 2018, at 09 : 52 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: when is international day for disaster reduction celebrated
Answer: October 13