13 October 2012 is the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDRR). IDRR seeks to raise awareness of how people are taking action to reduce their risk to disasters.
20 January 2009 - During an official visit to the UN-SPIDER Office in Bonn, Germany, in December 2008, UNOOSA Director Mazlan Othman held a day of discussions with Bonn-based UN agencies and German