IOC/ITSU-XI/3 - International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, Eleventh Session, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 8-12 September 1987

 

In the absence of the Acting Chairman of the Group, Eng. Eddy H. Sanchez B, the Inten1ational Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Wanring System in the Pacific invited the Director ITIC, Dr. G. Pararas-Carayannis to chair the Session.

He called on the participants to stand for a minute's silence to mark the death of the Chairman of the Group, Mr. Norman Ridgway, who passed away during the intersessional period and who was among those prominent figures whose role in promoting the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific will never be forgotten.

Dr. G. Pararas-Carayannis opened the Eleventh Session of the International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Wanring System in the Pacific at 10.00 on Tuesday, 8 September 1987 at the National Research Center on Marine Environment Forecasts (NRCMEF)

In his welcoming address the Chairman thanked the Government of the People's Republic of China and particularly the Director-General of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) and the Director of NRCMEF for hosting the Meeting and for their continuous support to the Tsunami Warning System. He emphasized that the purpose of the Eleventh Session is to co-ordinate the many interesting exciting activities that have been taking place and which will result in further improvements of the Tsunami Wanring System. He noted that though the intersessional period from August 1985 to September 1987 has been remarkable in terms of activities for the improvement of the Tsunami Warning System, and of accomplishments, many more improvements can be made and will be made.

He then called on the Deputy Director-General of SOA, Mr. Yang Wenhe to address the Session.

Mr. Yang Wenhe extended a warm welcome to the Member States of the ICG/ITSU and to the participants of the Session.

He referred to the importance of tsunami studies and mitigation for China and gave some examples of the loss of life and heavy destruction caused by tsunamis in his country.

He noted a number of principles that are considered and observed by China in determining the set-up of the National Tsunami Warning System, among them: the establishment of an integrated system in China for both tsunami and stonn surge warnings, the full utilization of existing network of oceanographic and seisrrological observation stations and the importance of close co-ordination with other relevant international regional and national programmes.


 Informational Documents

Document Title Format/Type
ITSU-XI Summary Report PDF  (1.31 MB)

 

 

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