After forty years of experience coordinating the Pacific Tsunami Warning System (PTWS), UNESCO-IOC is leading a global effort to establish ocean-based tsunami warning systems as part of an overall multi-hazard disaster reduction strategy.

UNESCO: IOC congratulates Anguilla on achieving TsunamiReady recognition | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

The CTBTO decided at its special session on 4 March 2005 to cooperate with UNESCO-IOC on a possible contribution to an effective tsunami warning system.

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Kitts-Nevis should become a member of the Intergovernmental Coordinating Group for the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS).

UNESCO: St. Kitts and Nevis to reinforce its capacity-building in oceanographic and climate change policy with IOC expertise | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization