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International Day for Disaster Reduction

UN commemorative day, October 13th
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International Day for Disaster Reduction
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Summary

International Day for Disaster Reduction is an UN observance day[1]. It draws 7,984 Wikipedia views per month (un observance day category, ranking #5 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Commemorates: disaster[3], disaster risk reduction[4]
  • Inception: December 21, 2009[5]
  • Start time: 1990[6]
  • Organizer: United Nations[7]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: October 13[8]
  • Official website: https://www.un.org/es/observances/disaster-reduction-day[9], https://www.un.org/ar/observances/disaster-reduction-day[10], https://www.un.org/en/observances/disaster-reduction-day[11], https://www.un.org/zh/observances/disaster-reduction-day[12], https://www.un.org/ru/observances/disaster-reduction-day[13]
  • Official name: International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction[14], Международный день по снижению риска бедствий[15], Día Internacional para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres[16], 国际减少灾害风险日[17], اليوم الدولي للحد من الكوارث[18]
  • Motto text: International cooperation for developing countries[19]
  • Short name: IDDRR[20]
  • Hashtag: DDRDay[21]

Why It Matters

International Day for Disaster Reduction has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . documents.un.org. documents.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . untoday.org. untoday.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . un.org. un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . un.org. Retrieved . un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . iddrr.undrr.org. Retrieved . iddrr.undrr.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Yuriklim · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Motto text → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'International cooperation for develo
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Motto text: International cooperation for developing countries"
  2. 6d ago · Yuriklim · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → UN observance day
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    Inception → +2009-12-21T00:00:00Z
    Start time → +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: IDDRR"
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