Asia-Pacific World Tsunami Awareness Day commemoration

Description

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. 

Venue

United Nations Conference Centre Bangkok

Event lannguage(s)

English

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