Question: Recently United Nations has decided to celebrate First World Tsunami Awareness Day on-
(a) November 5, 2016.
(b) November 6, 2016.
(c) November 10, 2016.
(d) November 15, 2016.
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- The First World Tsunami Awareness Day will be celebrated on November 5, 2016.
- To commemorate the occasion, an event will be organised with Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Champions at the Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) 2016.
- The Conference is being organised from November 3-5, 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi by the Government of India in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR).
- The observance of the day would help to spread awareness among people across the world in matters related to the dangers of tsunami and shall stress on the importance of early warning systems in order to mitigate damage from the often devastating natural hazard.
- It also aims at reviving traditional knowledge about tsunamis.
- The significance of this day, the 5th November, to tsunami awareness can be traced back to the year 1854. A villager in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, was concerned about an impending tsunami after a high-intensity earthquake on November 5, 1854.
- To commemorate that day of “Inamura no Hi” (the burning of rice sheaves), a resolution was jointly proposed by 142 countries including Japan as a follow up of the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- The United Nations designated the 5th November as World Tsunami Awareness Day.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151595
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/first-world-tsunami-awareness-day-to-be-observed-on-november-5-1473219