Tsunami Impact: Periled Small Islands Want Better Warning System. Thalif Deen.
by Deen, Thalif; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 5Science. Publisher: Inter Press Service, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Climatic changes | Developing countries | Islands | Natural disaster warning systems | Sea levelDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The world's 37 small island developing states (SIDS), which are both economically fragile and perpetually threatened by cyclones and floods, will make an urgent appeal for better disaster preparedness at an international gathering of world leaders in Mauritius next week [Jan. 9, 2005]. 'I am sure a proposal for some kind of global early warning system will be initiated by many states, and I believe such a system should be set up immediately,' UN Under-Secretary-General for SIDS Anwarul Karim Chowdhury told IPS." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article stresses the need for a global warning system to better prepare for natural disasters.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Tsunami Impact: Periled Small Islands Want Better Warning System, Jan. 6, 2005; pp. n.p..
"The world's 37 small island developing states (SIDS), which are both economically fragile and perpetually threatened by cyclones and floods, will make an urgent appeal for better disaster preparedness at an international gathering of world leaders in Mauritius next week [Jan. 9, 2005]. 'I am sure a proposal for some kind of global early warning system will be initiated by many states, and I believe such a system should be set up immediately,' UN Under-Secretary-General for SIDS Anwarul Karim Chowdhury told IPS." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article stresses the need for a global warning system to better prepare for natural disasters.
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