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IOC/UNESCO
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION GROUP
FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN
TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM
ICG/IOTWS
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IOC/UNESCO
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION GROUP
FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN
TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM
Geoff Crane
Chair WG 4
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NEW DELHI: The Disaster Management Bill, 2005, secured Parliament’s approval
on Monday with the Lok Sabha unanimously passing the legislation that has been in
the making since the tsunami struck peninsula India last year. (P.12)
We are one family
RECIPE FOR PEACE: Nobel Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu
delivering the J.R.D. Tata Memorial Lecture at the National Institute
of Advanced Sciences . . . in Bangalore on Monday . . . said:
“We can be free, prosperous and secure only together.” (P.1)
only together
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SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
nine recommendations
for consideration at IOC ICG II - Hyderabad
Recommendation 1:
The concept of an interoperable system of RTACs and NTWCs
is accepted as viable and appropriate for the IOTWS.
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Recommendation 2:
The RTACs serving NTWCs will issue
the following messages:
Recommendation 3:
Two or three RTACs only should provide the advisory
services to NTWCs in the overall IOTWS.
Recommendation 4:
There should be an accreditation process whereby the IOC
certifies a potential RTAC as being capable of performing the
role, based on the RSMC accreditation concept adopted by WMO.
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Recommendation 5:
The essential capabilities of a RTAC should include:
Recommendation 6:
The issue of two RTACs to issue information for the
one area (for redundancy and confirmation purposes),
provided that one centre was the primary source of
information, to be raised at the ICG II WG sessional meeting.
Recommendation 7:
The ICG/IOTWS Perth Secretariat to prepare
a draft “umbrella” IOTWS operational directive
to be presented at the ICG-II sessional WG meeting.
Recommendation 8:
English to be adopted as the common language
for regional advisory messages.
Recommendation 9:
Membership of WG4 to be reviewed at ICG-II.
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Recommendation 1:
The concept of an interoperable system of RTACs and NTWCs
is accepted as viable and appropriate for the IOTWS.
Recommendation 2:
The RTACs serving NTWCs will issue the following messages:
R 3 – considered later
Recommendation 4:
There should be an accreditation process whereby the IOC
certifies a potential RTAC as being capable of performing the
role, based on the RSMC accreditation concept adopted by WMO.
A designated range of capabilities
(see R.5)
A demonstration of performance
Certification by IOC
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Recommendation 5:
The essential capabilities of a RTAC should include:
Recommendation 3:
Two or three RTACs only should provide the advisory
services to NTWCs in the overall IOTWS.
Recommendation 6:
The issue of two RTACs to issue information for the
one area (for redundancy and confirmation purposes),
provided that one centre was the primary source of
information, to be raised at the ICG II WG sessional meeting.
Australia
France (at La ReUnion)
India
Indonesia
Iran
Malaysia
Pakistan
Thailand
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Recommendation 7:
The ICG/IOTWS Perth Secretariat to prepare
a draft “umbrella” IOTWS operational directive
to be presented at the ICG-II sessional WG meeting.
(Now the draft document
Modalities of Operation –
a system of interoperable operational centres
(With an illustrative example network of RTACs)
to be considered at the working group sessional meeting.)
Recommendation 8:
English to be adopted as the common language
for regional advisory messages.
Recommendation 9:
Membership of WG4 to be reviewed at ICG-II.
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Australia G D Crane + +
France (C Blondin) (+) +
Germany Prof S Dech (+)
India T S Kumar + +
Indonesia (Mr Suhardjono) +
Iran Dr N Zakir
Kenya Col Shem Amadi +
Malaysia K C Low +
Mauritius S N Sok Appadu + +
Pakistan A Mahmood
Singapore K L Leong + +
Sri Lanka G Dharmaratna
Thailand W Warakanok +
USA E Bernard (+) +