IOC/ITSU-XII/3 - International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific, Twelfth Session, Novosibirsk, USSR, 7-10 August 1989

The Chairman of the International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU), Mr. R. H. Hagemeyer, opened the Twelfth Session on 7 August 1989, at the Computing Center of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk (USSR).

Dr. A. P. Metalnikov, Head of the USSR delegation and the Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology, on behalf of Academician A. S. Alekseev, Director of the Computing Center of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, welcomed the participants.

On behalf of the Secretary IOC, Dr. G. Kullenberg, Dr. A. Tolkachev, Senior Assistant Secretary of IOC, welcomed the participants, and expressed gratitude to Academician A. S. Alekseev and his colleagues from the Computing Center and Dr. A. P. Metalnikov, Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Committee for Hydrometeorology, for the provision of facilities and the excellent arrangements made for the session.

The Agenda was adopted and is given in Annex I.

Mr. D. J. Sigrist, USA, was designated Rapporteur for the Session.

The Senior Assistant Secretary introduced a list of documents and the proposed timetable. Then the representative of the local organizing committee, Dr. V. Gusiakov, informed the participants of the local arrangements.

The List of Participants is shown in Annex III.

 Informational Documents