[UN SPIDER] October Updates

Sat Nov 10 06:39:46 EST 2007

Dear Colleagues,

Please find attached the UN-SPIDER October Updates. We are a bit late this
month because we were all busy with the inauguration of the UN-SPIDER Bonn
Office. With the mobilisation of the Bonn Office we will be ensuring that
we implement the activities as described in the 2008-2009 Plan of Work.
This Plan of Work can be downloaded from our website:

http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/docs.html

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News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates:

1.    UN-SPIDER opens Office in Bonn - The newly established United Nations
Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency
Response (UN-SPIDER), which is implemented by the United Nations Office for
Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), has opened its first office in Bonn, Germany,
on Monday, 29 October 2007. Check out:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24485&Cr=outer&Cr1=space.

2.    Space Solutions for Climate Change, Equal Access to Space-based
Technologies, Warnings about Outer Space Arms Race dominate debate during
the 10th meeting of the  Fourth Committee of the United Nations General
Assembly. Check out:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gaspd379.doc.htm

3.    Launch of UN-SPIDER Hailed in Fourth Committee of the United Nations
General Assembly: Delegates Stress Benefits for Disaster-prone States,
Including Tsunami Early Warning, Potential to Enhance Global Coordination,
but Call for More Resources. Check out:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/gaspd380.doc.htm.

4.    Early Warning Systems - The report of the Secretary-General on the
Global Survey of Early Warning Systems is now available (A/62/340). The
survey report recommended the development of a globally comprehensive early
warning system, rooted in existing early warning systems and capacities.
Check out:
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/LIB/DHLRefWeblog.nsf/dx/10102007084640AMUNRGZA.htm

5.    Acting with Common Purpose - Proceedings of the first session of the
Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. The report of the proceedings
of the first session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
held in Geneva, 5-7 June 2007 captures discussions of the high level
dialogue; the outcome of the workshops; and the conclusions of the
multi-stakeholder deliberations on progress in implementation of the Hyogo
Framework for Action and identification of priorities for the ISDR system
for 2008-2009. Check out:
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/gpdrr/docs/GP-Acting-with-common-purpose.pdf.

6.    Conference on “Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable Development in
Africa” - Global Dialogue on Emerging Science and Technology (GDEST) 2008
Cape Town, South Africa - 17-19 March, 2008. Announcement and Call for
Expressions of Interest. For further information contact Mr. Paul Bartel –
E-mail bartelpp at state.gov.

7.    Global Forum on Effective Use of Telecommunications / ICT for
Disaster Management: Saving Lives - 10-12 December 2007, International
Conference Center (CICG), Geneva. Check out:
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/globalforum/.

8.    Earthzine.org is a premier on-line resource for news, articles,
information and educational materials about Earth Science, Earth
observations and users of Earth information. Earthzine.org is a
contribution of the IEEE Committee on Earth Observation in support of the
Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS). Check out:
http://www.earthzine.org.

9.  ZKI maps flooding in Mexico with high-resolution radar satellite
TerraSAR-X – Check out:
http://www.zki.dlr.de/applications/2007/mexico/142_en.html.

10. The "United Nations/Sudan International UN-SPIDER Workshop: Space-based
Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response" planned for
Khartoum, Sudan, has been postponed to 2008. All applications received will
be considered when the new dates are fixed. A new deadline for receiving
additional applications to participate in the workshop will be informed.
For more information please contact Mr. Georg Magerl: E-mail:
georg.magerl at unvienna.org.

11. First Call for Papers for Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg - GI_Forum2008
– Check out: http://www.gi-forum.org/.

12. Humanitarian Information in Spanish – Check out:
http://www.redhum.org/.

Best regards

David

David Stevens
Programme Coordinator
UN-SPIDER
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
Vienna - Austria
Tel. ++43-(1)-26060-5631 - Skype: tazarkount
FAX ++43-(1)-260607-5631 -  E-Mail david.stevens at unvienna.org
(See attached file: UN SPIDER October 2007 Updates.pdf)
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