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Natural Disaster Reduction Research Initiative
Office of Science and Technology
Fact Sheet
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR)Initiative
Background
The United Nations Secretariat of the International Decade for naturalDisaster Reduction (IDNDR 1990-2000). The purpose of this effortis to strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian reliefcommunity through the timely dissemination of reliable information on prevention,preparedness and disaster response. Thec. International Decade forNatural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR):wwwnotes.reliefweb.int/