World Tsunami Awareness Day Event(Friday 27 October at the United Nations Office at Geneva): featuring a 3D documentary film on the damages caused by the tsunami that resulted from the Great East Japan Earthquake and panel discussion

A special event, co-hosted by Japan and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), will be held on Friday 27 October at the United Nations Office at Geneva in advance of World Tsunami Awareness Day on 5 November. The event will feature a screening of a 3D documentary film produced by NHK, titled “The Great Tsunami in Japan—Reflecting on the 2011 disaster.” The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the lessons learned from the experience of the tsunamis in the past. We look forward to welcoming you on the day.

Time and date: 12:30 – 15:30, Friday 27 October (A light sushi lunch will be provided from 12:30)
Venue: Meeting Room 24, United Nations Office at Geneva (E Building, 1st Floor)
Program:
• 12:30 – 13:30: Light lunch (sushi)
• 13:30 – 13:45: Welcome message from Dr. Robert Glasser, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Disaster Risk Reduction
• 13:45 – 14:15: Screening of 3D documentary film produced by NHK, “The Great Tsunami in Japan Reflecting on the 2011 disaster”
• 14:15 – 15:30: Panel discussion

Note that all attendees who do not hold a UN ground pass are requested to register with the Mission of Japan. Please send the full names of all those wishing to attend (in roman alphabet) to Ms. Mercedes Carnerero (mercedes.carnerero@gv.mofa.go.jp). The closing date for registration is Sunday 22 October.