UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura announced that the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System is up and running as scheduled in an address to the Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC).

The Indian Ocean System constitutes a vital component of a global system, which the UNESCO-IOC has been working towards. To this end, warning systems are also being established in the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Adjoining Seas, and the Caribbean. Protection is also being reinforced in the South West Pacific and the South China Sea.

Press Release

Regional Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System for the Indian Ocean
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