3. ABU INVOLVEMENT IN EW AND DRR
2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
- Provided 25 000 portable FM radio receivers in
Maldives, Sri Lanka and India
- Assessment of damaged broadcast facilities of
several members throughout the region
- Consultancy missions to restore broadcast
transmissions of several members
ABU Disaster Risk Reduction Broadcast Media Initiative
4. ABU INVOLVEMENT IN EW AND DRR
2006 BEIJING DECLARATION
- 2006 ABU General Assembly adopts Declaration on EWBS
implementation in the Asia-Pacific Region
- ABU establishes an EWBS Study Group under its Technical
Department under Transmission Topic Area
- ABU start working with ITU for use of satellite and terrestrial
broadcast infrastructures for public warnig, disaster mitigation
and relief
ABU Disaster Risk Reduction Broadcast Media Initiative
5. ABU Disaster Risk Reduction Broadcast Media Initiative
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