For the second time in its 46 years of existence the People’s Republic of China is hosting in Beijing a session of the UNESCO IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System ICG/PTWS, formerly know as ITSU and which 11th session took place in Beijing back in 1987. Since then the ICG/PTWS has developed and matured considerably but it was only recently submitted to severe tests from the nature, for the purpose it was created in 1965. Although much progress has been made in implementing tsunami warning systems globally in the last 6 years, the tsunami events of Samoa/Tonga in 2009, Chile in 2010 and Japan in 2011 clearly demonstrate that there is still much to do and that there is no room for complacency. The Twenty-Fourth session of the UNESCO IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIV) is a timely opportunity to explore ways and means of improving tsunami preparedness in the Pacific Ocean.
Location
Beijing Friendship Hotel
Beijing
China
Organisers and Staff
| Organisers | |
|---|---|
| Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel | |
| Lianda Zhao | |
| Staff | |
|---|---|
| Mr Wenxi Zhu | |
| Mr. Tony Elliott | |
| Mr. Rajendra PRASAD | |
1
WELCOME AND OPENING OF SESSION
10
CLOSE OF THE MEETING
2
ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
2.2
DESIGNATION OF THE RAPPORTEUR
2.3
CONDUCT OF THE SESSION, TIMETABLE AND DOCUMENTATION
3
REPORT ON INTERSESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
3.1
CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION: ROLE, STRUCTURE AND WORKING MODES OF ICG/PTWS, REPORT OF THE PTWS STEERING COMMITTEE
3.2
SECRETARIAT REPORT
3.3
WARNING & ADVISORY SERVICES REPORT
3.4
NATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS
- National Report submitted by Chile
- National Report submitted by Peru
- National Report submitted by Vietnam
- National Report submitted by Russian Federation
- National Report submitted by Guatemala
- National Report submitted by New Zealand
- National Report submitted by Vanuatu
- National Report submitted by France
- National Report submitted by Korea
- National Report submitted by Indonesia
- RTWP Status Report- Indonesia
- National Report submitted by USA
- National Report submitted by Japan
- National Report submitted by Canada
- National Report submitted by Ecuador
- National Report submitted by Australia
- National Report submitted by China
3.6
WORKING GROUP REPORTS
- First Meeting ICG/PTWS WG for the Southwest Pacific, Task Team on Seismic Data Exchange in the South West Pacific
- Report of ICG/PTWS Working Group 2
- Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the Southwest Pacific Ocean
- Second Worshop of the South-East Pacific Tsunami Warning Working Group
- Progress Report of Working Group for the Southeast Pacific Region
- Report of Group 3 on Tsunami Awareness and Response
- Second Sessional Meeting of PTWS Task Team on Emergency Communications
3.7
STATUS OF PROGRESS IN OTHER ICGs
3.8
REPORTS FROM UN AND NON UN ORGANISATIONS
4
POLICY MATTERS
4.1
ENHANCING PTWS TSUNAMI WARNING PRODUCTS
4.2
PACIFIC WAVE EXERCISE 2011
4.3
SUB-REGIONAL TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
4.4
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY
5
PROGRAMME AND BUDGET FOR 2012-2013
6
NEXT MEETING
6.1
CONFIRMATION OF DATE AND PLACE OF ICG/PTWS XXV
6.2
TARGET DATE FOR ICG/PTWS XXVI
7
OFFICERS ELECTIONS
8
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
9
ADOPTION OF DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Report Documents
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| ICG/PTWS-XXIV/3 | Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System; Beijing, China; 24-27 May 2011 |
Agenda Documents
| Agenda | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | CL-2385 | Invitation to the Twenty-fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS-XXIV), Beijing, China, 24–27 May 2011 | |
| 2.1 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/1 Prov | Provisional Agenda | |
| 2.3 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/1 Add. prov. | Provisional Timetable | |
| 2.3 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/4 | Looking Back, Looking Forward: Scientific, Technical, Operational, and Preparedness Aspects of the Samoa 2009, Chile 2010, and Japan 2011 Tsunamis | |
| 2.3 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/1 Add Prov Rev | Provisional Timetable Rev | |
| 3.1 | ICG/PTWS-SC-II/3 | Second meeting of the PTWS Steering Committee; 17-20 August 2010; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | |
| 3.3 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/5 | History of the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Center (NWPTAC) | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/14 | National Report submitted by Chile | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/20 | National Report submitted by Peru | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/19 | National Report submitted by Vietnam | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/11 | National Report submitted by Russian Federation | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/15 | National Report submitted by Guatemala | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/8 | National Report submitted by New Zealand | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/9 | National Report submitted by Vanuatu | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/17 | National Report submitted by France | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/6 | National Report submitted by Korea | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/7 | National Report submitted by Indonesia | |
| 3.4 | ICG/IOTWS-VIII/16 | RTWP Status Report- Indonesia | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/13 | National Report submitted by USA | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/18 | National Report submitted by Japan | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/16 | National Report submitted by Canada | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/10 | National Report submitted by Ecuador | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/21 | National Report submitted by Australia | |
| 3.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/12 | National Report submitted by China | |
| 3.5 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/23 | Report of the International Tsunami Information Center | |
| 3.5 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/22 | Tsunami Awareness Course flyer | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS/RWGSP/TT-SDE-I/3 | First Meeting ICG/PTWS WG for the Southwest Pacific, Task Team on Seismic Data Exchange in the South West Pacific | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/29 | Report of ICG/PTWS Working Group 2 | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/27 | Working Group on Tsunami Warning and Mitigation in the Southwest Pacific Ocean | |
| 3.6 | CPPS_DC / 2010 SRATTPS-11 | Second Worshop of the South-East Pacific Tsunami Warning Working Group | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/25 | Progress Report of Working Group for the Southeast Pacific Region | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/24 | Report of Group 3 on Tsunami Awareness and Response | |
| 3.6 | ICG/PTWS/WG2/TT-EC-II/3 | Second Sessional Meeting of PTWS Task Team on Emergency Communications | |
| 3.7 | IOC/TOWS-WG-IV/3 | Fourth meeting of Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems; Paris, France; 20-21 March 2011 | |
| 3.8 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/28 | Data archive and exchange through the World Data Center System | |
| 4.1 | ICG/PTWS-XXIV/26 | Report of the PTWS Task Team on Enhancing Tsunami Warning Products | |
| 4.2 | CL-2390 | PTWS Pacific-wide Tsunami Exercise PacWave 11, 9-10 November 2011 | |
| 4.2 | IOC/PTWS-XXIV/xx | Report of PTWS Exercises Task Team | |
| 4.3 | An Outlook of Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System of South China Sea | ||
| 4.4 | IOC Technical Series No 86 | ICG/PTWS Implementation Plan | |
| 4.4 | ICG/PTWS-XXIII/13 | PTWS Medium Term Strategy 2009-2013 |
Background Documents
Participant Stats:
| Staff and organisers | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | 44 | |
| Not Confirmed | 0 | |
| Not-participating | 0 | |
| Total | 49 |
Groups:
IOC , ITIC, TSR
Created at 16:45 on 9 December 2010 by Mr Bernardo Aliaga Rossel
Last Updated at 08:40 on 17 February 2014 by Ms Ingrid Pastor Reyes