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| Can SMS really help in emergencies and early warning? |
| 13 September 2007 by ICT4Peace Foundation |
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Two posts from Sri Lanka examine the role of SMS in alerting populations at risk in coastal areas of a tsunami. One, from the Editor of the country's first SMS based news service JNW, speaks of his experience during a couple of hours on 12 September 2007 , when an earthquake off Indonesia triggered tsunami warnings across much of South - East Asia and South Asia. The other, by Sanjana Hattotuwa (Senior Advisor to the ICT4Peace Foundation) asks pertinent questions on the real significance of SMS during such emergencies , and whether the hype lived up to reality.
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| Other articles by ICT4Peace Foundation |
 ICT4Peace Foundation leads UN GAID Community of Expertise on Information and Communication Technologies for Peace
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| Nobel Lecture by Martti Ahtisaari, Oslo, 10 December 2008
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| Gen. Martin L. Agwai, Force Commander of UNAMID with ICT4Peace Foundation and CCCPA in Cairo, Egypt
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| Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari on ICT4Peace
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| Launch of GenevaNetwork’s second report: A Time for Action
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