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