World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM)

Why in news?

• The 5^th World Congress on Disaster Management, an initiative of Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS) was held at the IIT Delhi on 24^th November 2021

About World Congress on Disaster Management:

• World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM) is a unique initiative of DMICS to bring researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world in the same platform to discuss various challenging issues of disaster risk management.
• The mission of WCDM is to promote interaction of science, policy and practices to enhance understanding of risks and advance actions for reducing risks and building resilience to disasters.
• The first WCDM took place in 2008 in Hyderabad.
• WCDM claims to have emerged as the largest global conference on disaster management outside the UN system.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Consider the following statements regarding ‘World Congress on Disaster Management (WCDM)’:

1. It is organized under the aegis of United Nations

2. All the editions of WCDM was held in India

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer