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2005 |
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NOAA unveils Storm Tracker to follow tropical storms and hurricanes. |
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Disaster Courses in Africa |
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GDIN Completes Native American Field Trip |
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS (INCEED 2005 (412kb | pdf)) |
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GDIN partners with Swiss on Joint Conference in Davos, Switzerland |
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GDIN notified Christian Blickenstorfer, Swiss Ambassador to the United States, in 2004 that it
accepted the offer of Walter Ammann, Director of the Department Natural Hazards in Davos,
to host IDRS Davos 2006. This event will be done in partnership with long time GDIN partner
Walter Hays, who manages the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction. This will be a joint event in
Davos.
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Navajos Hone Preparation 21 Mar 2005 |
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Bureau of International Organization Affairs - FY 2007 Bureau Performance Plan
21 Mar 2005 (108kb | pdf) |
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Tampere Convention Finally into force
VICTIMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS TO BENEFIT FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS: |
| Victims of natural disasters
will be able to benefit from faster and more effective rescue operations starting on
Saturday, January 8, 2005 when the Tampere Convention enters into force. The Convention
simplifies the use of life-saving telecommunications equipment in the 30 countries that have
ratified it. The Secretary-General http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sg/ said that, "from the
mobilization of assistance to the logistics chain, which will carry assistance to the
intended beneficiaries, reliable telecommunications links are indispensable." |
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TEN WORST DISASTERS 2004 (352kb | ppt) |
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2004 |
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PAHO Book Offers Help on Handling Bodies after Disasters |
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Tsunami Assistance Drive |
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Delegates to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction |
are invited to a discussion of the Native American
Project.
Supporting documentation:
Global Disaster Information Marketplace: A Proposal (1MB .pdf)
Disaster Information Service: A Proposal (7MB .pdf)
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Disaster-Response Network Planned For American Indian Lands. Nov. 23, 2004 |
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Serguiei Balassanian |
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Today we learned of the passing of a colleague, Serguiei Balassanian, as a result of automobile
accident. Time of death 12:00 (Armenian Local Time), November, 23 2004.
He led Armenian Seismology to success and recognition. Word reached us
from Armenian Association of Seismology and Physics of the
Earth. |
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GDIN Expedition to Navajo Nation August, 2004 |
Assisted by Navajo Rangers, Larry Roeder, Executive Director of GDIN, will undertake an examination of natural and technological disaster-prone regions of the Navajo Nation between August 18 and
August 22, 2004. This is part of a GDIN study of risks in the Pueblo and Navajo Nations,
facilitated by OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development), with expert recommendations by UNICEF, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and the UN
Working Group on Emergency Telecommunications (WGET). The expedition into remote parts of the
Nation follows an intertribal meetings of Pueblo and Navajo experts in San Fe, New Mexico on August
16, 2004, hosted by IAIA, the Institute of American Indian Arts and the GDIN Standing Committee on
Native American Disaster Information Needs, chaired by Richard Luarkie, Pueblo Laguna. Other GDIN
officers addressing the event are: David Baxa, Chairman of the GDIN Fund and Larry Roeder,
Executive Director Director of GDIN.
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Invitation (1.2MB .pdf) to Develop an Emergency
Disaster Information System For Native Americans |
| GDIN Executive Committee Chairman Addresses Preparatory Working Group for
World Conference on Disaster Reduction, July, 2004 |
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Dr. Albert Simard, Chairman of the GDIN Executive Committee addressed an ad hoc working group of
national representatives on July 15 at the Japanese Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Government officials from over 24 nations gathered to discuss methods of collaboration in the
creation of the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan, 18-22 January 2005, Kobe,
Hyogo, Japan. During the substantive discussions, Dr. Simard announced that he will be leading the
GDIN Delegation to Kobe. GDIN Members are invited to participate in the delegation. Those wishing
to do so, should email Dr Simard directly at alsimard@NRCan.gc.ca. |
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Navajo Nation Completes Self-Assessment Survey for GDIN and OECD Study, July, 2004 |
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joint USG-GDIN-OECD effort, the Navajo Nation completed an in-depth study on July 29, 2004 that
examines Navajo risks to disasters. This study will be used to develop a prototype disaster
information network for Navajo and Pueblo nations. The effort was coordinated by Glenda Davis,
Program Manager, Navajo Veterinary and Livestock Program, Window Rock, Arizona. Experts in GDIN,
OECD and the US Government are now beginning to examine the data. |
| GDIN Executive Director Addresses National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). June, 2004 |
Larry Roeder, GDIN Executive Director, attended the semi-annual conference of the National Congress
of American Indians in Uncasville, Connecticut, June 20-23, 2004, during which he consulted Native
Alaskans, Native Americans and representatives of the First Peoples of Canada on a GDIN proposal to
develop a disaster information network for indigenous populations.
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GDIN Art Contest Winners Announced! |
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GDIN Partner Contribution to Haiti Crisis |
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2003 |
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Sergio Vieira de Mello Senior UN Official and Early
Supporter of GDIN is Murdered in Baghdad Oct 2003 |
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GDIN Mourns the Loss of a Valued Officer Aug 2003 |
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GDIN Collaborator Dusan
Sakulski Making Progress on Atlas Project Aug 2003 |
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Algiers Earthquake May 2003 Jun 2003 |
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Famine Has Struck Ethiopia, report from
the Executive Director May 2003 |
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Report on Earthquake in Bingöl, Turkey May 2003 |
| SPECIAL REPORT |
| UN Secretary General reported 4/10/03 that functioning government in Iraq
appears at an end and reiterated the responsibility of coalition forces to
restore law and order, noting widespread looting in major Iraqi cities. In
a Reuters interview, the Iraqi Ambassador to the UN said "Everything is
over. There is no government that I represwent. I am representing my
country." However Kofi annan said to CNN he wasn't certain of the Iraqi
Amabssador's diplomatic status or if the diplomat had asked for asylum. No
UN General Assembly action on these questions has been taken, and no UN
member nation has challenged the Iraqi delegation credentials. Unknown is
the location and status of other Iraqi diplomats in UN entities in Geneva
and elsewhere. |
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A Family Preparedness
Guide (276K .pdf) |
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8/02) - contains information on what to do in an emergency, creating a
family emergency plan, and an emergency "go kit." Feb 2003 |
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Personal Disaster
Preparation Sheet (364K .pdf) |
| (created by A/DCP from Red Cross and
FEMA materials, 1/03) - contains information and action steps to prepare
for an evacuation, as well as guidance on disaster supply kits, first
aid, shelter in place, and evacuations. Feb 2003 |
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2002 |
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GDIN Proposed Early Warning/Response/Mitigation Service
Proposal (284K WORD) Oct 2002 |
| Dear GDIN, |
| Please find below a fresh landmine Incident report in Bajaur Agency FATA
Pakistan.
Landmine Incident Report, August 26, 2002.
In a landmine incident on August 26, 2002, in village Rashakai, Tehsil Khar,
Bajaur Agency, FATA (Federally Administrated Tribal Area), Pakistan, two
persons were severely injured. Both were walking on way while the incident
happened. The details of the victims are:
Victims of Landmine Incident of August 26, 2002:
| S/No. Name |
Father/husband name |
Age |
Sex |
| 1. Badro Hilal W/o |
Hazrat Jamal |
45 |
Female |
| 1. Zubir Shah S/o |
Hazrat Jamal |
10 |
Male |
Source: CMDO field team based at Khar Bajaur Agency
Faiz Mohammad Fayyaz
Chief Executive
Community Motivation & Development Orgnaization
Director
Pakistan Campaign to Ban Landmine
37, St-2, Shami Road, NWFP-Pakistan.
Phone: +92-91-5261088
Fax: +92-91-271081
E-mail: cmdopak@yahoo.com |
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Report of the Executive Director |
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(56K Word) or
(20K .pdf) Jun 2002 |
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GDIN 2002 Rome Statement |
| (56K Word) or
(32K .pdf) Jun 2002 |
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A Report of the Communities Working Group to GDIN Rome 2002, by Bernie Joyce |
| View
(HTML) or (1.4MB .pdf) Jun 2002 |
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2001 |
| Also
announcing the ESRI SDI
Grant Program |
| This program was announced last week at
the GSDI 5 conference in Cartagena, Colombia. This is an exciting
opportunity for us all! Please help to promote this effort.
After all, data is the key to spatial analysis! |
| View world map showing the countries that have citizens that died in the
World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings, received information on Tuesday, the one week anniversary of the attack. |
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Click for RMS Special Report World Trade Center Disaster |
| IGIS
meeting on June 12th, 2001 |
