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21 April 2005: Find out more about the results of the meeting here
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6 April 2005: Note that the Host has also established a web site where you will find practical information,
including information on visa requirements, hotels , Mauritius etc. . The URL of the site is http://www.icm-tsunami2.mu/
Information on Hotels below
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About the Meeting
UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) hosted in Paris the “International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework” from 3 to 8 March. The meeting benefited from the participation of 22 Indian Ocean Member States, 26 Member States from other regions and 24 international organizations. It confirmed the leading role of UNESCO/IOC in coordinating the development of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System.
The participants in the meeting approved a “Communiqué” which called for a second meeting to be held, at the kind invitation of the Government of Mauritius, at the International Conference Centre in Grand Baie, Republic of Mauritius.
The “Second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean” is meant to:
1. Inform Indian Ocean countries on the status of the interim advisory information system and how it satisfies the needs of the participating countries;
2. Share information on the progress with the development of national tsunami warning and mitigation initiatives;
3. Inform Indian Ocean countries on the progress of the upgrading and expansion of the sea level observing network in the Indian Ocean;
4. Consider ways and means towards the networking of national tsunami warning centres in a regional operational framework;
5. Seek coordination of donors in support of the development of the warning system and related activities at the national level..
As announced previously, UNESCO/IOC, in coordination with UN/ISDR, will issue a call to donors, to cover national and regional funding requirements as discussed in the March meeting. This call is to cover both investments and running costs for the establishment of national and regional systems as well as assessment of existing national capacities, capacity building and public awareness requirements. This call is complementary to the emergency OCHA Flash Appeal, insofar it addresses all 27 Indian Ocean countries and in a longer time frame (2-5 years). The last day of the Meeting (16 April) will offer a forum to donors for pledging funds for the different initiatives at national and regional level, under the responsibility of the different partners identified in the Paris meeting that will be contributing to the formulation of the pledging document. It is expected that longer-term commitments to tsunami and other natural disaster related risk management should be dealt with by the established channels at national level (e.g. UN country teams)
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Documents for the Meeting
[last update: 10 April 2005 15:30]
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WORKING DOCUMENTS |
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| IOTWS-II/1 prov.rev. |
Provisional Annotated Agenda (revised 5 April 2005) |
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| IOTWS-II/1 Add prov |
Provisional Timetable [PDF 42KB] (revised 8 April 2005) |
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| IOTWS-II/4 |
Provisional List of Participants [html on this web site] |
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| IOTWS-II/5 |
Progress and further requirements for the development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean [PDF 223 KB] |
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| IOTWS-II/6 |
A Regional Tsunami Information Centre: Roles and Functions for the Implementation of an effective Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (L. Kong, Director ITIC) [PDF, 50KB] |
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| IOTWS-II/7 |
Technical aspects of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system (Report of drafting group 1: Technical aspects of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system“ of the “International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework, UNESCO Headquarters, France, 3-8 March 2005 “) [PDF, 107 KB] |
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| IOTWS-II/8 |
Communication Plan for the Interim Tsunami Advisory Information Service
[TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN MAURITOIS ] |
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| IOTWS-II/9 |
Communique of the First International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean within a Global Framework and Draft Terms of Reference of the Intergovernmnental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS) [PDF 34 KB] |
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| IOTWS-II/10 |
Report on the status of the interim advisory information system
[TO BE MADE AVAILABLE IN MAURITIUS ] |
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INFORMATION DOCUMENTS |
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| IOC/MG035 |
IUGG/IOC TIME Project: Numerical method of tsunami Simulation with the leap-frog scheme (1997) [PDF 4 MB]
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| IOC/MG037 |
POST-TSUNAMI SURVEY FIELD GUIDE, First Edition (1998) [PDF, 725 KB] |
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| WMO report |
EXPERT MEETING ON THE EXCHANGE OF EARLY WARNING AND RELATED INFORMATION INCLUDING TSUNAMI WARNINGS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN,
JAKARTA, 16-18 MARCH 2005 [PDF, 1 MB] |
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Communications Plan for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (2005, 2nd Draft Ediction) [PDF, 512 KB] |
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Letter of Invitation (by Director-General of UNESCO, 23 March 2005) sent to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of countries in the Indian Ocean .
Note: a copy for information has been sent to IOC Action Addresses on 30 March 2005. |
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Contact points survey sheet (annex to letter of invitation) |
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ISDR National Disaster platform and country profiles
- Comores
- France
- Kenya
- Madagascar
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ISDR Country Profiles
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Comores
- France
- India
- Indonesia
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Oman
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- United Arab Emirates
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- United Kingdom
- Yemen
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