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Bangkok
Thailand
Asia-Pacific World Tsunami Awareness Day Commemoration
Format
Online
Venue
United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok
Event language(s)
- English
Date
A commemoration event will be co-organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and UNDRR Asia-Pacific at the UN Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand.
The event will live-streamed and recorded on Youtube:
Programme:
- Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP
- Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR (video message)
- Mr. Animesh Kumar, OIC & Deputy Chief, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, UNDRR
- Ms. Nora Gale, Head a.i. Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System Secretariat (ICG/IOTWMS), IOC-UNESCO
- Mr. A.R. Subbiah, Director, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES)
- Mr. Hiroshi Kawamura, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission and Permanent Representative of Japan to ESCAP
- Ms. Suchitra Durai, Ambassador of India to Thailand
- Mr. Chutintorn Gongsakdi, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand
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