Paris meeting commits to development of Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Experts from the United Nations and the Indian Ocean countries affected by the December tsunami gathered at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris on 3-8 March 2005 to decide the ground rules for establishing a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) organised the five day meeting with support from the secretariat of the ISDR and other UN organisations.
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