The world was shocked by the undersea earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean region.

The subantarctic region includes many islands in the southern parts of the Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, especially those situated north of the Antarctic Convergence.

The recent Indian Ocean tsunami brought great devastation in human and economic terms to the region.

Indian Ocean tsunami

Good progress is being made in developing an early warning system for tsunamis in the Indian Ocean region.

The proposal to set up a tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean region deserves our strong support.

The tsunami disaster has underscored the need to establish an integrated tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean region.

The Indian Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean to the east, near Australia.

The Director informed the Commission that a second regional course was being organized for 12 developing States of the Indian Ocean region.

On 26 December 2004, the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean were hit by a tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Experts from my country participated in the course for the Indian Ocean region, held in Sri Lanka from 16 to 20 May 2005.

Noting also the proposals for establishing tsunami early warning systems already under consideration as announced by individual countries of the Indian Ocean region,

Furthermore, South Africa, like many other countries, is supportive of the establishment of a tsunami early warning system in the Indian Ocean region.

(b) A regional early warning system, such as a Regional Tsunami Early Warning Centre, in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asia region.

The Indian Ocean extends northward from the Southern Ocean to India, between Africa and Australia.

There was also mayhem following the Indian Ocean tsunami.

It connects the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean.

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Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer world

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future

The US military is also rebalancing within the Asia Pacific region to place more emphasis on new partnerships in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.

In the region, it has helped stabilise East Timor and has provided aid to Aceh in Indonesia following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

In 1833, the region was hit with an earthquake, possibly similar in size to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake another large earthquake struck in 1797.

Being a neighbour in the region, Pakistan was among the first to respond to the human suffering following the catastrophic earthquake in the Indian Ocean.

Recent events 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake The 9.1 9.3 moment magnitude 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was caused by the release of stresses built up along the subduction zone where the Indian Plate is sliding under the Burma Plate in the eastern Indian Ocean, at a rate of 6 cm yr (2.5 in yr).

The Indian Ocean tsunami removed the basis of our assumption.

The Committee noted that remote sensing imagery and satellite based communications, including telemedicine services, were used in the disaster relief operations following the Indian Ocean region tsunami.

On the morning of 26 December 2004, Sri Lanka and several other countries around the Indian Ocean region woke up to a natural disaster of unprecedented magnitude.

By 1815, Britain became the principal power in the Indian Ocean.

It was also the stadium of the 2007 Indian Ocean Games.

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Both groups use the commercial shipping lines of the Indian Ocean.

The tragedy that has struck the Indian Ocean touches us all.

The Indian Ocean tsunami is a disaster for all of humankind.

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Occasionally individuals are found off the Indian Ocean coasts of South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar, and they are very rarely found elsewhere in the Indian Ocean, such as off Oman.

A classified report from India s defense ministry, however, emphasizes the increasing number of Chinese submarines venturing into the Indian Ocean region, thus posing risks to India s security interests.

The countries of the Indian Ocean region, with the help of the United Nations and others, are now taking steps to establish a regional tsunami early warning system.

The Legal Counsel informed the Commission that the second training course for the countries of the Indian Ocean region would be convened the following month in Sri Lanka.

It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.

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Hence, Turkey strongly supports ASEAN's decision to establish a regional mechanism on disaster prevention, particularly a regional early warning system in the Indian Ocean and South East Asian region.

No continent has fully escaped the effects of that violent natural phenomenon, although countries in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asian region have been particularly hard hit.

The Southeast Indian Ridge (SEIR) is a divergent tectonic plate boundary located along the seafloor of the southern Indian Ocean.