International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), International Institute of Geology (IUGG), International Institute of Engineering Geology (IAEG), International Lithosphere Union (ICL) and other international organizations have expressed support. In addition, at least 17 countries and regions (including the Japanese Academic Conference, the Royal Society of Canada, etc.) have also responded, expressing great interest and full support. At the end of 1987, at the initiative of Morocco and Japan, several countries jointly proposed a disaster reduction bill to the 42nd session of the United Nations General Assembly. This bill was passed by the General Assembly on December 11, 1987, and formed Resolution 169. Its main content is: It is determined that the last 10 years of this century from 1990 to 2000 will be designated as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. The English name is International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, abbreviated as IDNDR, and the Chinese abbreviation is "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction". Year” or “Decade of Disaster Reduction”. It aims to reduce to a minimum the loss of life and property, social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters in the world today, especially in developing countries, through concerted international action under the auspices of the United Nations. The specific goals are to promote and apply existing knowledge, technology and experience through extensive international cooperation, technical assistance or transfer, project demonstration, education and training, etc., continue to discover new research areas, and improve the research and development of various countries, especially developing countries. Disaster prevention and resilience. The resolution requires governments, scientific and technological groups, and non-governmental organizations to respond broadly and enthusiastically and engage in activities for the Decade of Disaster Reduction under the leadership of the United Nations. It also specifically requires the governments of United Nations member states to establish corresponding national committees to formulate their own policies. Contribute to the realization of the International Decade for Disaster Reduction. The resolution also requires the Secretary-General of the United Nations to report to the 43rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on the progress of the preparatory work, especially how the United Nations system itself plays a promoting and facilitating role.
After the United Nations made the resolution of the "International Decade for Disaster Reduction", it carried out a series of preparatory work: On February 19, 1988, the United Nations Information Agency officially released information on Resolution 169 and announced that the United Nations Secretary In order to implement this resolution, the Minister decided to establish a Steering Committee for the International Decade for Disaster Reduction, chaired by James Lippett, Director-General of the United Nations Development and Economic Cooperation Agency, and Mahmoud Esse, Coordinator of the United Nations Disaster Relief Agency. The Philippines serves as Vice Chairman, and the Deputy Coordinator serves as Secretary. The other members are from the United Nations Center for Science and Technology for Development (CSTD), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Environment Program (UNEP), the Center for Human Settlements (UNCH8), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Senior officials of UNESCO, International Telecommunications Union (ITU), etc. At the same time, the Secretary-General of the United Nations also decided to establish a "Ad hoc International Expert Group." (AD-hoc International Expert Group). Dr. Frank Pullers, the founder of the "International Decade for Disaster Reduction", President of the National Academy of Sciences, was hired to preside over the convening of the international Famous disaster experts gathered in Washington, USA, from March 22 to 24, 1988, to discuss how to achieve the goals of the International Decade for Disaster Reduction, especially the nature, tasks, and organizational form of the International Expert Committee, and published the minutes of the meeting, especially The task of the expert group is to provide the United Nations Secretary-General with scientific, technical and implementation recommendations related to the Year for Disaster Reduction, formulate plans for how to implement the International Decade for Disaster Reduction, and propose a corresponding system for the implementation of the plan to leverage the United Nations' capabilities. Role.
On December 20, 1988, the 43rd General Assembly of the United Nations made a corresponding resolution on the content and scale of activities for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (Resolution 43-203, July 1989). The United Nations Economic and Social Council made resolutions 89-99, recommending that the United Nations General Assembly take action to formulate an appropriate action program to achieve the goals of the International Decade for Disaster Reduction. At the 44th United Nations General Assembly held at the end of 1989, the Economic and Social Council And the Council adopted a resolution on the "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction", announcing that the activities of the "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" would begin on January 1, 1990, and decided to designate the Wednesday of the second week of October each year as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Day, and commemorate the International Day every year in a manner suitable to the goals and objectives of the decade.
The 44th UN General Assembly also adopted the International Program of Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Arrangements; financial plans and reviews, etc. The emergence of this program paves the way for consistent disaster reduction activities around the world.
The "International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" first defines the action plan. Aims and objectives. That is, through concerted international action, particularly in developing countries, to mitigate the effects of earthquakes, winds, tsunamis, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, grasshoppers and locusts, droughts and desertification, and other natural disasters. Caused loss of life and property and social and economic imbalance.
Its goals are: to enhance each country's ability to quickly and effectively mitigate the impact of natural disasters, with special attention to helping developing countries in need to establish early warning systems and disaster resilience structures; to take into account the differences in cultural and economic conditions of each country, to formulate and use existing science and technology appropriate policies and strategies for knowledge; encourage scientific and technological efforts to fill key gaps in knowledge; disseminate, evaluate, and predict existing and new technical information relevant to measures to mitigate natural disasters; and Technology transfer, demonstration projects, education and training programs to develop measures to assess, predict and mitigate natural disasters, and to evaluate these programs and their effectiveness. The International Program of Action requires the governments of all countries to: formulate national natural disaster reduction programs, especially those of developing countries, and integrate them into their national development plans; participate in a consistent international natural disaster reduction program during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. disaster action, in cooperation with relevant scientific and technological communities, establish national committees; encourage local administrations in the country to take appropriate steps to contribute to the realization of the objectives of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; take appropriate measures to increase public awareness of the importance of disaster reduction, and Strengthen community preparedness through education, training and other means; pay attention to the impact of natural disasters on health care, especially activities to reduce the vulnerability of hospitals and health centers, and pay attention to the impact of natural disasters on food storage facilities, shelters and other socio-economic infrastructure; encourage scientific and technical institutions, financial institutions, industry, foundations and other relevant non-governmental organizations to support and fully participate in the international community, including national governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations in formulating and Various disaster reduction programs and disaster reduction activities implemented.