In resolution 60/99, the General Assembly endorsed the recommendation of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its forty-third session, consider the item on "Space-system based disaster management support" in accordance with the workplan adopted by the Subcommittee at its forty-first session and as amended at its forty-second session.
In accordance with that workplan, a workshop on disaster management involving communication and meteorological satellite operators was held on the afternoons of 23 and 24 February 2006. The afternoon of 23 February was dedicated to communication satellite operators and the afternoon of 24 February was dedicated to meteorological satellite operators. The presentations made at the workshop are available below.
| Moderator: J. O. Akinyede | ||
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The role of communication and meteorological satellites in disaster management support: the
experience of the Indian Space Research Organisation Mr. D. Radhakrishnan, Indian Space Research Organisation |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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The role of communication and meteorological satellites in disaster management support: the
experience of the Indian Space Research Organisation Mr. J. R. O'Brien, Iridium Satellite |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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Functions of satellite networks in the communication system of EMERCOM of Russia and experience of activities in emergencies
Mr. E. Osipov, Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and the Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM), Russian Federation |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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Instant readiness: applications of Inmarsat technology in disaster management
Mr. P. M. Larsen, Inmarsat |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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EUMETCast: EUMETSAT's Broadcast System for Environmental Data
Mr. G. Bridge, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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Chinese meteorological satellites and applications
Mr. Fang Xiang, National Satellite Meteorological Center, People's Republic of China |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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Space-borne system for online precursors monitoring of earthquakes, and other natural and man-made disasters
Mr. Y. Ruzhin, Head of the Laboratory of Active Space Experiments Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation (IZMIRAN), Russian Academy of Sciences |
Powerpoint Presentation | |
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Satellite meteorology: protecting life and property around the world
Mr. G. Bridge, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) |
Powerpoint Presentation | |