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International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>On December 22, 1989, the <a href="/facts/United_Nations/fgXLnmgT">United Nations</a> General Assembly passed Resolution 44/236, officially launching The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. </p><p>From 1990 to 1999, the effort was intended to reduce, through concerted international action, especially in developing countries, loss of life, property damage and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> To support the decade's activities, a Secretariat was established at the United Nations Office in Geneva, in close association with UNDRO. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/International_Day_for_Disaster_Reduction/RJDzsvfX">International Day for Disaster Reduction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/World_Conference_on_Disaster_Reduction/XNmE3VbS">World Conference on Disaster Reduction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Disaster_management/YjGIyW91">Disaster management</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071014003001/http://www.eird.org/">UNISDR Regional Office for the Americas</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.preventionweb.net/">PreventionWeb</a></li> <li><a href="http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20011116185440/http://www.proventionconsortium.org/">ProVention Consortium</a> at the <a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">Library of Congress</a> Web Archives (archived 2001-11-16)</li> <li><a href="http://www.recoveryplatform.org/">International Recovery Platform</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110222093104/http://www.eird.org/esp/ninos/index.html">Disaster Reduction for Children & Youth website</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110101182946/http://www.eird.org/hfa.html">HFA Pedia</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/">stopdisastersgame.org</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>UN General Assembly, Resolution 44/236, International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, A/Res/44/236 (March 1990), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/82536. Retrieved 2023-06-22. <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" target="_blank">/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"About the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" (PDF). shf-lhb.org. <a href="https://www.shf-lhb.org/articles/lhb/pdf/1998/02/lhb1998029.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.shf-lhb.org/articles/lhb/pdf/1998/02/lhb1998029.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>