International Day for Disaster Reduction-October 13
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The International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) is observed every year on October 13 since 1989, to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction.
The theme of IDDR 2017 is “Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement”.
The 2017 campaign seeks to raise global awareness about effective actions, policies and practices taken to reduce exposure to disaster risk at the community level.
The "Sendai Seven" campaign which centred on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework was launched last year.
The first of the seven targets is reducing disaster mortality.
United Nation Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) acts as the designated agency for the coordination of disaster reduction strategies.