Regional Workshop and Action Plan
A United Nations Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management for Africa was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1-5 July 2002. Main results and documents:

• Workshop Report. UN General Assembly Document A/AC.105/794(PDF, 174 KB)
• Space Technology and Disaster Management: A Plan of Action for Africa (PDF, 97 KB)
• GFMC Presentation: The Ethiopia Wildland Fire Emergency 2000: Lessons learnt and consequences for improved cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF, 3.7 MB)
• SAFNet Presentation: Southern Africa Fire Network of the Global Observation of Forest Cover (PDF, 150 KB)

 

UN-OOSA Website
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/SAP/stdm/index.html

UNOOSA Discussion Forum on Space Technology and Disaster Management
http://www.ungiwg.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/unoosa-stdm

UNOOSA Contact
Further information on this workshop can be obtained from 
Mr. David Stevens (Office for Outer Space Affairs) david.stevens@unvienna.org or 
Mr. Orlando Nino (Economic Commission for Africa) onino@uneca.org