In consonance with directives of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which includes the adopting of United Nations Office vision for a global strategy for disaster risk reduction. A seminar entitled "Disaster and its effects" was held in the conference hall of the Computer Engineering Department on Thursday, 2-May-2019. The seminar was presented by M.Sc. Baidaa A. Hassouni and M.Sc. Sajia Z. Khader to introduce the disasters types and the impact resulting from each type, then the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was explained, which is one of the UN projects, for the period 2015-2030.