International Day for Disaster Reduction: 13 October

• Every year on October 13th, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction is observed. The day is marked around the world to promote a disaster-reduction and risk-awareness culture.
• “International co-operation for developing countries to reduce their disaster risk and disaster losses “is the subject for this year's International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. 
• Following a call by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to promote a disaster-reduction culture around the world, the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was established in 1989.

Important Facts 

About United Nations General Assembly

• Founder: United Nations
• Headquarters: New York
• Founded: 1945
• President: Abdulla Shahid
• 6 organs of UNO: General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat.