(Awake, April 13), May 23, 1994, the action plan adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction.

1994 23, the opening of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (May 27 closing). The meeting was attended by about 130 representatives of national government agencies and more than 2,000 disaster prevention experts.
of the 10 years, the United Nations World Disaster Reduction (Yokohama) meeting called on countries to strengthen cooperation to jointly tackle natural disasters that endanger human life and property. 27 Yokohama Declaration "and" Disaster Reduction Action Plan that the world has entered the era of increasingly interdependent, countries should action of natural disasters in the new partnership, to establish a more secure for the common interests of mankind the living environment.
said in a statement that the countries should further strengthen regional and international cooperation through technology transfer, information exchange,. Especially the developed countries to developing countries should be free on disaster prevention and mitigation, technology and related data in a timely manner.
statement also stressed that countries want to protect the natural environment, and assist in finding an effective means to reduce the impact of disasters.
The meeting adopted the "Action Plan for Disaster Reduction under the Disaster Reduction 10 years remaining five years of the mission and planning. It also provided for each country to protect its citizens from natural disasters sovereign responsibility, the international community should give priority to developing countries, the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing countries in disaster prevention and mitigation cooperation.