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BACKGROUND: BACKGROUND In April 1965 IOC established the ICG/ITSU International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (TWSP) .
Recommends andamp; Coordinate tsunami programs, including timely international tsunami warnings.
Subsidiary to the IOC Assembly composed by 129 States
In 1966 IOC established the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC)
ITIC Supports ITSU and TWSP
RHH PTW Center acts as the TWSP Operational Center Hosted by USA
IOC ICG/ITSU
BACKGROUND - IGC/ITSU: BACKGROUND - IGC/ITSU
26 member States (2005):
Australia, Canada, Chile, China,
Colombia, Cook Islands,
Costa Rica, Democratic
People's Republic of Korea,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France,
Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan,
Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua,
Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea,
Russian Federation, Singapore,
Thailand, United States, Samoa.
Successful Operational Tsunami Warning System
Successful international scientific program
Pacific Basin monitoring of seismicity and sea levels
Direct humanitarian aim
Mitigate tsunami effects - save lives/property
IOC ICG/ITSU
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Slide5: IOC ICG/ITSU
Slide6: SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK
Slide7: IOC GLOSS
Tsunami 26 december: Tsunami 26 december 26 December 2004
Tsunami
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IOC Timeline: IOC Timeline 2005 1st Coordination Meeting (Paris) 2nd Coordination Meeting (in region) IOC Assembly National assessments Capacity Building Implementation
Partners’ timeline: Partners’ timeline 2005 25-26/1: China-ASEAN Beijing Workshop
28-29/1: Ministerial Meeting, Phuket, Thailand
16/2: GEOSS, Brussels
28/2-2/3: Workshop NHK and Asian Broadcasting Union
3/3/-8/3: IOC 1st Regional Coordination Meeting, Paris
6-19/3: JICA/ADRC training course, Tokyo
14/3-16/3: WMO GTS workshop, Jakarta, Indonesia
End March: IOC 2nd Regional Coordination Meeting, ?