Japanese PM calls for Asia-Pacific network against disasters, pandemics

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

photo thanks to Walter Hays

The Japanese Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda, delivered a key foreign policy speech Thursday, calling on Asia-Pacific nations to jointly build a network to better prepare for disasters and pandemics such as earthquakes, tsunami and bird flu.

Preparedness
Early warning
GIS and mapping
Data and information management
Risk identification and assessment
Small Island Developing States
Earth Observation

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