A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2015.
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2The designation of 5 November comes from the “Inamura-no-hi” anecdote about a villager who, on 5 November 1854, at the expense of his property, saved the lives of village inhabitants by setting fire to his sheaves of rice, thus quickly disseminating information about a tsunami, leading to the evacuation of the village, which he then made an effort to build back better.
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