IOC/ITSU-V/3 - International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, Fifth Session, Lima, Peru, 23-27 February 1976

The International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU) held its fifth session in Lima, Peru, from 23 to 27 February 1976. The meeting took place at the Instituto del Mar of the Peruvian Navy, in Callae. Dr. Glenn Flittner, USA, acted as Chairman. The following Member States of the Group were represented: Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Peru, Philippines, USA, USSR. Not represented were : China, Guatemala, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand. Mexico sent an observer.

After a discussion of the state of implementation of relevant IOC resolutions and recommendations, representatives of Member States presented their national reports, and the Director of the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC) reported on developments at the Center. The Group then considered resolutions from other bodies relating to tsunamis, as from the Tsunami Committee of IUGG, from the UN General Assembly, from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Unesco Intergovernmental Conference on the Assessment and Mitigation of Earthquake Risk. The discussion centered around the further expansion of the Tsunami Warning System, improvements in communication, a pilot projeot on study of the damage caused by tsunamis on the western coast of South America, and on educational material to raise public awareness of the danger of tsunamis. The Group formulated 13 recommendations, which were adopted at the end of the session, together with the Summary Report (in English). On the last day of the meeting, the Group elected a new Chairman, Mr. G.C. Dohler, from Canada, in succession to Dr. S. Suyehiro (Japan). Tnte C. Vargas Faucheux (Peru) was elected Vice-Chairman. The Secretary was invited to negotiate with the Government of the Philippines on the possibility of holding the next ITSU meeting in Manila, in early 1978.

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