State Minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs, Mr. Tetsuma Esaki, along with State Minister for Disaster Management, Mr. Hachiro Okonogi, both shared hopes that students would build friendships and return to their communities as tsunami awareness leaders.

The Summit issued a consolidated report -- the “Ambassador’s Note” -- which will be used by participating students for their DRR activities in their schools and communities, and handed over to the next Summit.

The Summit was organized by Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education with support from the National Resilience Promotion Headquarters, Cabinet Office; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Japan Meteorological Agency; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UNISDR Office in Japan. This summit was in observation of the second edition of World Tsunami Awareness Day which is officially designated by the UN as 5 November.

Date:

14 Nov 2017

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (UNISDR AP)

Themes:

Children and Youth

Hazards:

Tsunami

Countries:

Chile, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Fed States of, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, Niue

Regions:

Africa, Americas, Asia