I-UN-backed tsunami drill yokulingisa i-tsunami yase-Indian Ocean yango-2004

IZizwe Ezihlangene zikuqinisekisile ukuthi amazwe angu-18 azungeze i-Indian Ocean Rim azobamba iqhaza ku-tsunami esekelwe yiZizwe Ezihlangene ngo-Okthoba 14 eyaziwa ngokuthi "I-Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 09."

Lolu hlelo lokuzivivinya luzoqondana noSuku Lomhlaba Lokuncishiswa Kwezinhlekelele futhi kuzobe kungokokuqala ngqa ukuba kuhlolwe uhlelo lokuxwayisa olwamiswa ngemva kwenhlekelele eyagadla kulesi sifunda ngo-2004.

Lo msebenzi wenziwa ngemva kwe-tsunami eyabulala abantu abangaphezu kwekhulu eSamoa ngenyanga edlule, “okunikeza isikhumbuzo esisangulukisayo sokuthi imiphakathi yasogwini yonke indawo kudingeka iqaphele futhi izilungiselele izenzakalo ezinjalo,” kusho i-UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (UNESCO).

Kulandela i-tsunami yango-2004, i-UNESCO - ngokusebenzisa i-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - yasiza amazwe esifundeni ukuthi asungule i-Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS).

Ukuzivivinya okuzayo, ngokusho kwe-UN, kuzohlola futhi kuhlole ukusebenza kahle kohlelo, kuhlonzwe ubuthakathaka nezindawo zokuthuthukiswa, kanye nokuhlose ukwandisa ukulungela nokwenza ngcono ukusebenzisana kuso sonke isifunda.

"Lo msebenzi uzophindaphinda ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-9.2 okwenzeka ngasogwini olusenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeSumatra, e-Indonesia, ngo-2004, okwadala i-tsunami ebhubhisayo ehlasela amazwe asuka e-Australia aye eNingizimu Afrika," kusho i-UN.

I-tsunami efanisiwe izosabalala ngesikhathi sangempela kulo lonke i-Indian Ocean, ithatha cishe amahora ayi-12 ukusuka e-Indonesia ukuya ogwini lwaseNingizimu Afrika. Amanqampunqampu azokhishwa yi-Japan Meteorogical Agency (JMA) e-Tokyo kanye ne-Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) e-Hawaii, e-United States, esebenze njengezinsizakalo zesikhashana zokweluleka kusukela ngo-2005.

Abahlinzeki be-Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWP) abasanda kumiswa e-Australia, India nase-Indonesia bazophinde babambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi futhi bazokwabelana ngamanqamu okuhlola esikhathi sangempela phakathi kwabo kuphela.

Amazwe azongenela ukuqeqeshwa ngesonto elizayo yi-Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania kanye neTimor-Leste.

Ngokusho kwe-UN, umshini ofanayo wenziwa ngo-Okthoba 2008 ukuhlola i-Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS). Izinhlelo ezinjalo zokuxwayisa zaqalwa futhi eCaribbean, iMedithera kanye neNortheast Atlantic Ocean kanye nolwandle oluxhumene.

UNobhala Jikelele weNhlangano Yezizwe, u-Ban Ki-moon, kuleli sonto ugqamise indima yobuchwepheshe bolwazi nokuxhumana (ICT) ekubhekaneni nezinkinga ezibalulekile, okuhlanganisa nokuncishiswa kwezinhlekelele zemvelo. "Ngesayensi yesimo sezulu esihle kanye nokwabelana ngolwazi, ama-ICT angasiza ekunciphiseni ubungozi kanye nomthelela wezinhlekelele zemvelo," etshela izinhloko zoMbuso kanye nezikhulu eziphezulu ezihambele i-Telecom World 2009 e-Geneva. "Lapho kuzamazama umhlaba, uhlelo oludidiyelwe lwe-ICT lungaqapha intuthuko, luthumele imiyalezo yezimo eziphuthumayo futhi lusize abantu ukuthi babhekane nesimo."

Ihlelwe yi-UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), iTelecom World umcimbi oyingqayizivele womphakathi we-ICT ohlanganisa amagama aphezulu avela kuyo yonke imboni nasemhlabeni jikelele. Isithangami salo nyaka sigqamisa ukufinyelela kanye neqhaza lezokuxhumana kanye ne-ICT ezindaweni ezifana ne-digital divide, ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanye nokusiza ezinhlekeleleni.