Following the success of the communication test exercise of 10 August 2011 involving 31 National Tsunami Warning Focal Points from the region, a full-scale exercise named NEAMWave12 is planned in the fourth quarter of 2012 to test the readiness of the system and of the Member States.

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The massive lake, a focal point of the Saguenay region, is so large that it feels more like an ocean.

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While Mr. Obama will meet with leaders across the region, the focal point of the trip is the speech that he will deliver to thousands of young Israelis.

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The Organization was also closely involved in the revival of the famous Library of Alexandria, destroyed over 2000 years ago, as a focal point for culture, education and science in the Arab region.

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Under the overall authority of the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), under the Head of the Education Indicators and Data Analys is (EIDA) Section, and the direct supervision of the Programme Specialist, the incumbent will be the main focal point for education statistics for the Latin America and Caribbean region.

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Not only is it the spearhead of the city and country, the street is becoming a focal point for some of the most cutting edge trends and cultural initiatives in the region.

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The company has been doing especially well in Asia, which is being a focal point of the global specialty retailers largely due to the rising disposable incomes of the people in this region.

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It aims to test the effectiveness of alert, monitoring and warning systems among all the emergency management organizations (national focal points for tsunami alerts, weather forecast offices, national coast guard, etc.) throughout the region.

UNESCO: EDUCATION