International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

A/RES/42/169View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1987.

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13 documents · 1988–1997

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1997).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1997	A/RES/51/185	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	855	–
1996	A/RES/50/117[B]	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	—	–
1996	A/RES/50/117[A]	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	—	–
1996	A/RES/50/117	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	2,047	–
1995	A/RES/49/22B	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	461	–

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1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 23	Humanitarian assistance	25

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

Entity	(Sub-)Programme	Title	Total mandates cited	Expenditure
	Programme 23	Humanitarian assistance	25	—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Budget Contributions Disaster Preparedness Disaster Prevention Early Warning Systems Extrabudgetary Financing Focal Points Information Dissemination International Decades Natural Disasters Pilot Projects Technical Cooperation Technology Transfer Training Programmes

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12 operative paragraphs

Recagnizes the importance of reducing the impact of natural disasters for ali people, and in particular for developing countries;

Recagnizes further that scientific and technical understanding of the causes and impact of natural disasters and ofways to reduce both human and property losses has progressed to such an extent that a concerted effort to assemble, disseminate and apply this knowledge through national, regional and world-wide programmes could have very positive effects in this regard, particularly for developing countries;

Decides to designate the 1990s as a decade in which the international community, under the auspices of the United Nations, will pay special attention to fostering international co-operation in the field of natural disaster reduction, and to take a decision at its forty-third session on the content and modalities of United Nations participation therein after having considered the report of the Secretary-General referred to in paragraph 9 of the present resolution;

Decides that the objective of this decade is to reduce through concerted international actions, especially in developing countries, loss of life, property damage and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters, such as earthquakes, windstorms ( cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons), tsunamis, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, wildfires and other calamities of natural origin, such as grasshopper and locust infestations, and that its goals are:

To improve the capacity of each country to mitigate the effects of natural disasters expeditiously and effectively, paying special attention to assisting developing countries in the establishment, when needed, of early warning systems;

To devise appropriate guidelines and strategies for applying existing knowledge, taking into account the cultural and economic diversity among nations;

To foster scientific and engineering endeavoun, aimed at closing critica! gaps in knowledge in order to reduce loss of life and property;

To disseminate existing and new information re- (d) lated to measures for the assessment, prediction, prevention and mitigation of natural disasters;

To develop measures for the assessment, prediction, prevention and mitigation of natural disasters through programmes of technical assistance and technology transfer, demonstration projects, and education and training, tailored to specific hazards and locations, and to evaluate the effectiveness of those programmes;

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Requests the Secretary-General, in co-operation with the appropriate organizations of the United Nations system and relevant scientific, technical, academic and other non-governmental organizations, to develop an appropriate framework for attaining the objective and goals referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 above and to submit a report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-fourth session through the Economic and Social Council;

Recammends that. if necessary, extrabudgetary resources be provided for the preparation of the abovementinned report and considers that, for this purpose, voluntary contributions from countries, international organizations and other organizations are highly desirahle;

Calls upan ali Governments to participate during the decade in concerted international action for the reduction of natural disasters and, as appropriate, to estahlish national committees, in co-operation with the relevant scientifü: and technological communities, with a view to surveying available mechanisms and facilities for the reduction of natural hazards, assessing the particular requirements oftheir respective countries or regions in order to add to, improve or update existing mechanisms and facilities and develop a strategy to attain the desired goals;

Further ca/Is upan Governments to keep the Secretary-General informed of their countries' plans and of assistance that can be provided so that the United Nations may become an international centre for the exchange of information, the storing of documents and the coordination of international efforts concerning the activities in support of the objective and goals referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 above, thus enabling each Member State to benefit from the experience of other countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at 1ts forty-third session on progress made in the preparations outlined above with particular emphasis on defining the catalytic and facilitating role envisaged fnr the United "lat1ons system.

8 A/36/236, annex, appendix 1.

9 A/38/182-E/1983/66, annex, appendix.

10 A/42/227-E/1987 /65.

11 See World Health Organization, Fortieth World Health Assembly. Geneva,

4-15 May 1987.

Resolutions and Decisions.

Annexe.1 (WHA40/1987/REC/I\.

12 See A/42/427, annex.

l See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-second Session. Sup'flement No. J (A/42/1), sect. II.

t, A/42/657

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