[UN SPIDER] September Updates

[David STEVENS]

United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management
and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER)

September 2007 Updates

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News included in this UN-SPIDER Updates:

1. UN-SPIDER Bonn Office will be inaugurated on 29 October 2007. The Bonn
Office will be inaugurated on the afternoon of the first day of the planned
"United Nations International UN-SPIDER Workshop: Space-based Information
and Solutions for Disaster Management and Emergency Response".

2. UN-SPIDER webpage has been updated with information on upcoming Outreach
Activities. Check out:
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/unspider/workshops.html.

3. The report of the 50th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space (COPUOS) is available in all official UN languages. Check out:
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/Reports/gadocs/coprepidx.html#A_62_20.

4. The 4th Sentinel Asia Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM4), Manila, the
Philippines, September 5-7, 2007 was attended by more than 80 participants
representing 50 organizations from 17 countries and 5 international
organizations from Asia and the Pacific. For more details, visit APRSAF HP:
http://www.aprsaf.org/text/wg_meeting_philippines.html.

5. Map Africa 2007 – 29-30 October 2007.  Cape Town, South Africa.  Check
out: http://mapafrica.gisdevelopment.net/2007/index.htm.

6. ISDR Hyogo Office Opening Ceremony and Public Forum on "Human Security
and International Disaster Cooperation". To register for the Public Forum
email kokusaikouryuuka at pref.hyogo.jp by 9 October. Registration is on a
first come, first served basis.

7. CIIFEN – Centro International para la Investigacio del Fenomeno de el
Niño- Boletín Octubre del 2007 –
http://www.ciifen-int.org/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=15.

8. 4th TIEMS Workshop CROATIA 2007 – “Crisis Management – Lessons Learned
and New Challenges“ - Dubrovnik - Cavtat, October 29-31 2007. Check out:
www.tiems.org.

9. The Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization (CTO) will be hosting
the “African Using ICT for Effective Disaster Management Forum” in
Tanzania, 12-14 November 2007. Check out:
http://www.events.cto.int/dmafrica07.

10. A Regional Centre for Risk Management of Natural Hazards opened in
Mashad, I. R. of Iran, as a specialized agency of the Economic Cooperation
Organization (ECO). For more information, contact: Seyed Mohammad Sadati
Nejad (msadatinejad at tehran.un.org.ir) or check out: www.ecosecretariat.org.

Regards

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

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