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Tsunami early warning coordination centres
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2013
Tsunami
Following the tsunami disaster in 2004, the General Secretary of the United Nations (UN) Kofi Annan called for a 'global early warning system' for all hazards and for all communities. He also requested the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction and its UN partners to conduct a global survey of capacities, gaps and opportunities in relation to 'early warning systems'. The produced report, 'Global Survey of Early Warning Systems', concluded that there are many gaps and shortcomings and
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