Proclaims the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, beginning on 1 Jan. 1990; decides to designate the 2nd Wednesday of Oct. International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, to be observed annually during the Decade by the international community; adopts the International Framework of Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction contained in the annex to the present resolution; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 45th session a progress report on the implementation of the present resolution, including the organizational arrangements made for the Decade, and on the status of existing international protocols and conventions for mutual assistance in cases of disaster.

Adopted without vote, 85th meeting

International Framework of Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (1989)

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Adopted at the 85th plenary meeting, 22 Dec. 1989.
"Annex: International Framework of Action for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction" : p.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 44th session, Volume 1, 19 September-29 December 1989. - A/44/49. - 1990. - p. 161-162. - (GAOR, 44th sess., Suppl. no. 49).