Kobe tsunami confab

Kobe tsunami confab

The developed world swung into action like never before during the just-ended five-day UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe.

In the course of the Kobe conference, a special session discussed ways to fight tsunami. This led to the decision to build a tsunami early-warning system for the countries with Indian Ocean coastlines. The existing tsunami early-warning system for the Pacific Ocean will be expanded to cover the Caribbean. This will also be upgraded so that it will give advance warning for typhoons and flooding.

More than anything else, it is essential that the developed world share the pain of the affected countries and provide continuous assistance.

-- The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo