MPPSC 2013 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(A) An International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction(IDNDR), beginning on 1 January 1990, was launched by the United Nations, following the adoption of Resolution. The decade was intended to reduce, through concerted international action, especially in developing countries, the loss of life, property damage and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters. To support the activities of the decade, a Secretariat was established at the United Nations Office in Geneva, in close association with UNDRO (United Nations Disasster Relief Organization).