IOC/ITSU-IV/3 - International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, Fourth Session, New Zealand, 4-7 February 1974

The Session was opened by the Chairman of the Group, Dr. S. Suyehiro, who welcomed the participants and guests to the opening session and expressed his sincere thanks to the Government of New Zealand for its kind offer to host the meeting.

On behalf of the host country, Mr. F. Turnovsky, Deputy Chairman of the New Zealand Commission for Unesco, welcomed the delegates and observers to the Victoria University of Wellington, and wish the group a succesful meeting. Dr. G. Giermann, Deputy Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (also representing Unesco), then welcomed the member of the Group, the representative of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and the observers of Mexico and Fiji in the name of the Director-General of Unesco and Secretary of the IOC. He expressed his wish that these two observer countries may no longer hesitate to become members of the Group, as the success of the warning system depends largely on the participation of all countries in the Pacific region. He also expressed his sincere thanks to the Government of New Zealand for its invitation, and to the New Zealand National Commission for Unesco for its close co-operation with the IOC Secretariat whcih helped essentially to make the meeting a successful and pleasant one. Dr. Giermann then gave a short introductory description of the aims and structure of the Commission and in particular of its ITSU International Co-ordination Group. (cf. Annex VI: List of participants)

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