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World Tsunami Awareness Day

A/RES/70/203View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2015.

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 23Humanitarian assistance25—

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects
Disaster PreventionInternational DaysTsunamis

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Decides to designate 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day;2

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.

2
Invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system, other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to observe World Tsunami Awareness Day in an appropriate manner and in accordance with national priorities, in order to raise public awareness of the risk caused by tsunamis;
3
Requests the secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in collaboration with relevant organizations of the United Nations system, mindful of the provisions of the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, to facilitate the observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day, and stresses that the cost of all activities that may arise from the implementation of the present resolution should be met from voluntary contributions.

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Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity
Entity(Sub-)ProgrammeTitleTotal mandates citedExpenditure
Programme 23Humanitarian assistance25

Historical expenditure covers the complete programme or subprogramme, not this mandate. For an overview of all UN entities and programmes, see UN entities and programmes.