There have been severe
disasters in recent years. Due to change in climate – the catastrophic events
are on rise. So the better preparation to tackle with the Natural disasters in
needed. To create awareness for Disaster
Reduction, the International Day for Disaster Reduction is observed on October
13th.
Theme: The theme of the 2018 International Day for Disaster Reduction was
‘Reducing Disaster Economic Losses’.
The 2018 theme continues as
part of the “Sendai Seven” campaign, centered on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework.
This year focuses on Target C of the Sendai Framework, which is,
‘reducing disaster economic losses in relation to global GDP by 2030’.
The History behind the Day
In 1989, the UN General
Assembly through a resolution had designated the second Wednesday of October as
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction.
Later on December 21, 2009, the
Assembly adopted a new resolution on in which it designated 13 October as the
date to commemorate the Day and it also changed the day’s name to International
Day for Disaster Reduction.
About Sendai Framework
Sendai Framework is a framework
which has to be adopted after Hyogo framework for Action for the period of 2005
to 2015 came to an end. So basically it
is an international document which has guidelines and set of rules to be
followed by the nation during 2015 to 2030.
The “Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030” was adopted during the Third UN World
Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan in March, 2015.
It is the first major agreement
of the post-2015 development agenda, with seven targets and four priorities for
action.
These four Priorities actions
are-
1. Understanding the disaster risk
2. Strengthening the Disaster Risk governance to
manage disaster risk
3. Investing in Disaster risk reduction
4. Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective
response, and to build back better recovery
It was endorsed by the UN
General Assembly following the 2015 Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction (WCDRR).
The Framework is for 15-year.
It is a voluntary and non-binding agreement which recognizes that the State has
the primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be
shared with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector
and other stakeholders.
The implementation of the
Sendai Framework involves adopting integrated and inclusive institutional
measures so as to work towards preventing vulnerability to disaster, increase
preparedness for response and recovery and strengthen resilience.
