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By Shigeo Arata
GENEVA, JAN. 10. A U.N. organisation will propose a worldwide warning system for natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami and typhoons, an organisation official said over the weekend. The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) will present the idea at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, to be held in Kobe from January 18 to 22.
Augmenting networks
The ISDR, along with two other organisations, will propose measures to augment and unify warning networks already in place. The two other groups are the World Meteorological Organisation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, the official said. The Pacific Rim already has set up a tsunami warning system, while the Caribbean has a hurricane warning system. In the Mediterranean, some countries have detection networks in place for earthquakes and tsunami. By improving those systems and coordinating them into a global network, the ISDR aims to reduce the victims of natural disasters by half within 15 years. The need to expand disaster warning systems has been raised by the United Nations before. As early as 15 years ago, U.N. experts urged countries on the Indian Ocean to establish a tsunami warning system.
The Kobe conference is expected to adopt an action plan that would provide $8 million for the first stage, which would include an advance survey for a tsunami warning system around the Indian Ocean.
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