Ensure the effective participation of the Division in UN-Water, the United Nations system coordinating mechanism on freshwater issues.
It is responsible for coordinating the tsunami warning system, for facilitating international marine scientific cooperation, setting agreed standards among the international marine science community and providing access to international marine science data.
So the system is in place and utilities feverishly coordinating with the emergency management agencies.
After forty years of experience coordinating the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS), UNESCO-IOC is leading a global effort to establish ocean-based tsunami warning systems as part of an overall multi-hazard disaster reduction strategy.
Since the mid 1960s, UNESCO has had the responsibility of coordinating the Tsunami Early Warning System in the Pacific and following the devastating Sumatra earthquake in 2004, which resulted in widespread death and destruction across the region, UNESCO has been responsible for the Indian Ocean system as well.
UNESCO: Let's be prepared for tsunami threat in Caribbean, Gulf
Important Research Institutes of the Euro-Mediterranean region will participate to the meeting together with UNESCO-IOC which, in response to the tragic Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004, was mandated of coordinating the establishment of the Mediterranean Tsunami Early Warning System.
This work involves coordinating efforts across the Executive branch to strengthen the current system and working toward passage of meaningful, comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
Kitts-Nevis should become a member of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS).
Specifically, ICANN is responsible for coordinating the assignment of protocol parameters, overseeing the domain name system, allocating IP-address space and managing the root-server system.
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