International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) (1990s)

Below is a checklist of International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), as well as other natural-disaster-related postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.

^*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
^**FDC = first day cover; SS# = souvenir sheet, MS# = miniature sheet, where # = number of stamps in sheet, and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.

¹Quasi-IDNDR items have an 'international' or 'organizational' weather and disaster theme but are not strictly IDNDR.
²In April 1992, the UN Secretary-General established a new Department of Humanitarian Affairs, which is responsible for providing a rapid and well-coordinated response to major and complex emergencies in order to save lives and contribute to rehabilitation and development for the affected population. The Department incorporates the former Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator (UNDRO), as well as emergency units for Africa, Iraq and South East Asia.
³International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction also matches the acronym IDNDR for International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. By resolution 44/236 (22 December 1989), the UN General Assembly designated the second Wednesday of October International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction. The International Day was to be observed annually during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-1999. In 2001, the UN General Assembly decided to maintain the observance of the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on the second Wednesday of October (resolution 56/195 of 21 December), as a vehicle to promote a global culture of natural disaster reduction, including disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness.
⁴Through resolution A/RES/58/214, the UN General Assembly convened a World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005. The Conference was to take stock of progress in disaster risk reduction accomplished since the Yokohama Conference of 1994 and to make plans for the next ten years.

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