INTERGOVERNMENTAL CO-ORDINATION GROUP FOR THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM (ICG/PTWS) compiled by ITIC

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SUMMARY STATUS ON MEMBER STATES The PTWS area of responsibility includes the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean regions of the Pacific and all attached marginal seas, including the Philippine Sea, East China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, South China Sea, Java Sea, Arafura Sea, Sulawesi Sea, Mindanao Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, Bismarck Sea, Solomon Sea, Coral Sea, and Tasman Sea.

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Altogether, there are 46 countries that comprise the Pacific and its marginal seas. The ICG/PTWS encompasses 45 countries. It does not include Taiwan since it is not a member of the United Nations. Presently, 35 countries have designated Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points for receiving information on regional tsunami mitigation activities and tsunami alerts or advisories from the PTWC, JMA, and WC/ATWC that serve as the international tsunami warning centres for the PTWS. These are: Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, France, Guatemala, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, U.S.A., Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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The most recent memberships have been Niue and Tuvalu (2011), Panama (2007), Papua New Guinea and Tonga (2006), and Malaysia and Vietnam (2005).

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Countries expressing interest in ICG/PTWS activities, but which have not yet formally designated a TNC and TWFP are: Brunei, Cambodia, Honduras, Kiribati, Micronesia, Solomon Islands, and Tokelau.

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PTWS ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES: TOTAL: 45 (excluding Taiwan)

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ICG/PTWS Member States in BOLD (33 total) PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES (27): Brunei Cambodia Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Indonesia Japan Malaysia

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Mexico Nicaragua North Korea Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Russia Singapore South Korea Thailand United States of America - Northern Mariana Islands, Wake, Guam, Palmyra, Howland, Baker, American Samoa, Jarvis Vietnam Taiwan non-UN

ISLAND COUNTRIES (18) Australia Norfolk Island Cook Islands (free association New Zealand) Fiji Kiribati Gilbert, Christmas, Phoenix Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae (free association USA) France French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna Nauru New Zealand - Kermadec Niue (free association New Zealand) Palau (free association USA) Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau (New Zealand) Tonga Tuvalu UK Pitcairn Vanuatu

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PTWS CHAIR: KEN GLEDHILL (NEW ZEALAND), PTWS VICE-CHAIRS: PATRICIO CARRASCO (CHILE), FUJIANG YU (CHINA), TAKESHI KOZIUMI (JAPAN) TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS WG 1 RISK ASSESSMENT & REDUCTION FRANCOIS SCHINDELE (FRANCE) TASK TEAM - TSU MODELLING HAZ ASSESSMENT VASILY TITOV (USA) TASK TEAM - TSU RISK ASSESSMENT NGUYEN HONG PHUONG (VIETNAM) WG 2 DETECTION, WARNING, DISSEMINATION CHIP MCCREERY (USA) TASK TEAM - WARNING DISSEMINATION FILOMENA NELSON (SAMOA), ED YOUNG (USA) TASK TEAM - ENHANCING PRODUCTS CHIP MCCREERY TASK TEAM - PACWAVE11 JO GUARD (NZ), LAURA KONG (ITIC) TASK TEAM - SEA LEVEL MONITORING CHRIS RYAN (AUSTRALIA) TASK TEAM - SEISMIC DATA SHARING IN SW PACIFIC KEN GLEDHILL (NZ) WG 3 AWARENESS AND RESPONSE DAVID COETZEE (NZ) REGIONAL WORKING GROUPS SOUTH EAST PACIFIC EDWIN PINTO (ECUADOR) CENTRAL AMERICA PACIFIC ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ (NICARAGUA) SOUTH CHINA SEA MOHD ROSAIDI BI CHE ABAS (MALAYSIA) SOUTH WEST PACIFIC FILOMENA NELSON (SAMOA)

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Intergovernmental / International and US agencies working on tsunamis