Tsunami warning

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UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is working towards the establishment of a global tsunami warning system that would be operational by June 2007.

UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is working towards the establishment of a global tsunami warning system that would be operational by June 2007, according to UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura.

Speaking at a press conference at the Mauritius International Meeting on Small Island Developing States on Wednesday, Matsuura said that assessment missions are already being undertaken to concerned countries as a step towards the creation of the first regional component of the global system, in the Indian Ocean, foreseen for June 2006.

"The estimated cost of the scientific infrastructure for the Indian Ocean system with a regional centre and properly equipped national centres is about $30 million," Matsuura said.

"The annual maintenance costs of a regional centre would probably be in the order of one to two million dollars," he added.

The Director-General said that two meetings of experts will be held in March to analyze the recent Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and to look at exactly what will be required for a global alert system.

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