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Organizer(s) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Indian Ocean Commission
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UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris, Room IV
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A joint IOC/UNESCO and UNISDR High Level Panel Discussion to discuss policies and practices to reduce tsunami risks in countries highly dependent on tourism revenues

UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris, Room IV
16 October 2018, 13:00-15:30

In December 2015, the UN General Assembly Resolution A/70/203 designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) and tasked the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction to coordinate the commemoration of the Day.

The 3rd edition of the World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) will focus on Target (c) of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 which aims at reducing disaster economic losses in relation to global GDP by 2030.

To commemorate the 2018 World Tsunami Awareness Day and raise awareness on the economic impacts of tsunamis, IOC/UNESCO and UNISDR will organize a High Level Panel Discussion as a side event during the 205th session of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss policies and practices to reduce tsunami risks in countries highly dependent on tourism revenues.

Simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish will be provided.

Sandwiches and soft drinks will be provided outside meeting room.

Co-Chairs:   

  • Ms Kirsi Madi, Director, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)
  • Mr Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of IOC and Assistant Director-General of UNESCO

Moderator:  

  • Mr David Eades, journalist and newsreader, BBC News

Panelists:    

  • Ambassador Ahmed Shian, from The Embassy of the Maldives to Belgium and Mission to the European Union
  • Mr George Kyritsis, Mayor of Kos, Greece
  • Mr Paul Labaleine, Director General, Department of Risk and Disaster Management, Seychelles
  • Mr Jean-Denis Petit, Head, Service Interministériel Régional des Affaires Civiles et Economiques de  Défense et de Protection Civile, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
  • Mr Hugh Riley, Secretary General, Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)
  • Member of the National Diet (name to be announced), Japan

For more information please see www.ioc-unesco.org/wtad2018 or contact Thorkild Aarup, Head IOC Tsunami Unit, [email protected]

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