The International Co-ordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific (ICG/ITSU) held its Eleventh Session in ViƱa del Mar, Chile, from 3 to 7 March 1980. The Group, after having reviewed national activities and the activities of the International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC), in Honolulu, adopted two resolutions and six recommendations:
By Resolution 1 the ICG/ITSU decided to establish an ITSU Task Team on a Study of Tsunami Watch and Warning Procedures, and by Resolution 2, a Task Team on Regional Tsunami Warning Centres.
Recommendation 1 asks Member States to continue to make an effort to second an Associate Director to ITIC; Recommendation 2 asks the extrabudgetary funding to improve the network; Recommendation 3 refers to tsunami research; Recommendation 4 asks Member States to strengthen their efforts to elaborate, improve and implement educational programmes; Recommendation 5 contains a proposed programme and budget for 1984/85, and Recommendation 6 asks for post-tsunami surveys. The Groups agreed to hold its next session in Fiji, in 1982.
Informational Documents
Document Title | Format/Type |
ITSU-VII Summary Report | PDF (1.45 MB) |