Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are true?

  1. World Conference on Disaster Reduction was a meeting convened by the World Meteorological Organisation.

  2. This conference was held within a month of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami.

  3. Both (1) and (2)

  4. Neither (1) nor (2)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The World Conference on Disaster Reduction is a United Nations conference bringing together government officials, non-governmental experts and other specialists from around the world to discuss the growing trend of people affected by natural disasters. WCDR conference was held in Kobe, Japan from January 18–22, 2005. This conference took on particular poignancy coming almost 10 years to the day after the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe and less than a month after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami.

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