Solution:
All the member states of the United Nations and other states met at the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction in the city of Yokohama from May 23rd-27th 1994.
It acknowledged that the impact of natural disasters in terms of human and economic losses has risen in recent, and society, in general, has become vulnerable to natural disasters .
It also accepted that these disasters affected the poor and disadvantageous groups the worst, particularly in the developing countries, which are ill-equipped to cope with them.
Hence, the conference adopted the Yokohama strategy as a guide to the rest of the decade and beyond, to mitigate the losses due to these disasters.
The resolution of the World Conference on Natural Disasters Reduction is as mentioned below:
It will note that each country has the sovereign responsibility to protect its citizens from natural disasters .
It will give priority attention to the developing countries , particularly the least developed, land-locked countries and small-island developing states.
Hence, Statement 2 is correct.
It will develop and strengthen national capacities and capabilities and, where appropriate, national legislation for natural and other disaster prevention, mitigation, and preparedness, including the mobilization of non-governmental organizations and participation of local communities. It will promote and strengthen sub-regional, regional and international cooperation in activities to prevent, reduce and mitigate natural and other disasters, with particular emphasis on human and institutional capacity-building and strengthening.
Hence, Statement 1 is correct.
technology sharing: the collection, the dissemination, and utilization of information; and mobilization of resources.
Hence, Statement3 is correct.
It also declared the decade 1990-2000 as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
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