The UN has announced funding for a tsunami detection and warning system in the Indian Ocean. The plan involves a €23m network of deep-sea buoys in the Indian Ocean which aims to be operational by mid-2006.
The director of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in a press statement said “By putting the network under the guidance of the UN, it ensures all countries participate on equal terms”.
He also pointed out that other major disasters weren’t getting media coverage because of the tsunami and reminded the press that 300 million children worldwide suffer from chronic hunger.
