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Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/PTWS)
The ICG/PTWS (formerly ITSU) is subsidiary body of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It has been in operation since 1965, and is currently comprised of 30 Pacific Member States. The ICG/PTWS acts to coordinate international tsunami warning and mitigation activities, including the issuance the timely understandable warnings in the Pacific. Comprehensive tsunami mitigation programmes require complementary and sustained activities in tsunami hazard risk assessment, tsunami warning and emergency response, and preparedness. Stakeholder involvement and coordination is essential, and community-based, people-centred mitigation activities will help to build tsunami resiliency. The links below provide a summary of the PTWS structure and governance. |