First Red Cross Meeting in the South-West Region of the Indian Ocean

Leaders of the Red Cross Societies of Madagascar and Mauritius, of the French Red Cross in Réunion, of the Seychelles Red Cross Committee and of the Comoros Red Crescent Committee met for the first time, from 14 to 18 May 1984, at Saint-Denis de la Réunion. The French Red Cross was represented by Mr. M. Bocquet, Vice-President of the French National Red Cross, and Miss E. Bourel, National Director for the departmental branches; the League had delegated Mr. Cassaigneau, head of the “West and Central Africa” desk in Geneva, who was accompanied by Mr. E. Ekué, programme officer, and Mr. R. Carrillo, disaster preparedness programme officer; the ICRC had dispatched Mrs. J. Egger, head of the co-operation service, and Mr. L. Isler, of the ICRC regional delegation at Nairobi, also took part in the meeting.

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The Declaration of the Rights of the Child

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s0020860400006987 ◽

1963 ◽

Vol 3 (26) ◽

pp. 227-233

Author(s):

Andrée Morier

Keyword(s):

Vice President ◽

International Committee ◽

Red Cross ◽

International Union ◽

Rights Of The Child ◽

Final Draft ◽

Save The Children ◽

To Come ◽

First Time ◽

Declaration Of Geneva

At the time when the Centenary of the Red Cross is about to be celebrated, it would be fitting to remember the rôle so many members and officers of the International Committee of the Red Cross have played in the drafting and the proclamation of the Rights of the Child. This declaration called the Declaration of Geneva was proclaimed forty years ago by the Council of the “Save the Children International Union” (SCIU). It was on May 17, 1923, that the final draft in five brief clauses was adopted. It is to be recalled that at that time the ICRC and the SCIU worked in close co-operation. Indeed, it was Dr. Frédéric Ferrière's report (then Vice-President of the ICRC) on the disastrous situation in which children lived in Vienna which incited Eglantyne Jebb to come to Geneva for the first time.

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A taxonomic revision of the African genus Desplatsia Bocq. (Malvaceae – Grewioideae)

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2019.584 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Julia Wellsow ◽

Michelle Hart ◽

Peter Wilkie ◽

David J. Harris

Keyword(s):

Conservation Status ◽

Central Africa ◽

Taxonomic Revision ◽

Herbarium Specimens ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

West And Central Africa ◽

Species Descriptions ◽

First Time ◽

Trees And Shrubs ◽

African Genus

A taxonomic revision of Desplatsia Bocq. (Malvaceae s. lat. Juss., subfamily Grewioideae Hochr., tribe Grewieae Endl.) based on about 800 herbarium specimens is presented. Desplatsia is a genus of trees and shrubs found in tropical West and Central Africa and is characterized by subulately divided stipules, the absence of an androgynophore, stamens that are fused to a tube at the base, and large and distinctive fruits that are dispersed by elephants. Four species are recognized (D. subericarpa Bocq., D. chrysochlamys (Mildbr. & Burret) Mildbr. & Burret, D. dewevrei (De Wild. & T.Durand) Burret and D. mildbraedii Burret) and 12 species names are placed into synonymy, two of which have been put into synonymy for the first time: D. floribunda Burret syn. nov. and D. trillesiana (Pierre ex De Wild.) Pierre ex A.Chev. syn. nov. All four species are widely distributed and their conservation status is assessed as Least Concern (LC). A key to the species, full species descriptions, illustrations, a specimen citation list and distribution maps are provided.

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Disaster Preparedness and Relief Assistance Institute

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s0020860400079468 ◽

1972 ◽

Vol 12 (137) ◽

pp. 463-464

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

Disaster Preparedness ◽

The United States ◽

The Philippines ◽

Secretary General ◽

Red Cross ◽

Governmental Agencies ◽

Regional Meeting ◽

The Republic ◽

First Time

In Manila a seminar organized by the Philippine National Red Cross in co-operation with the League of Red Cross Societies was held from 7 to 16 May 1972. The League was represented by Mr. R. M. Pierpont, Under Secretary-General and Head of Relief Section; Mr. K. J. Seevaratnam, Regional Officer for Asia; and Mr. Sven Lampell. Delegates from the National Societies of the following countries took part: Australia, Ceylon, Great Britain, Indonesia, Japan, the Khmer Republic, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United States. One of the highlights of this Institute was the participation for the first time in a Red Cross regional meeting of Governmental and non-Governmental Agencies.

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Regional delegations in Africa — Mozambique — Mission of delegate-general for Latin America — Chile — Asian sub-continent — People's Republic of China — Middle East

International Review of the Red Cross ◽

10.1017/s0020860400015813 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 14 (156) ◽

pp. 130-134

Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Middle East ◽

East Africa ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Central Africa ◽

The Other ◽

Red Cross ◽

Republic Of China ◽

Full Support ◽

West And Central Africa

In 1970, the ICRC opened two regional delegations in Africa, one at Yaoundé (Cameroon) for West and Central Africa, and the other at Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) for East Africa. In both countries, the ICRC permanent delegates enjoyed throughout their mission the full support of the authorities and the co-operation of their National Red Cross Societies.

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Long term measurements of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ammonia, nitric acid and ozone in Africa using passive samplers

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions ◽

10.5194/acpd-10-4407-2010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 4407-4461 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

M. Adon ◽

C. Galy-Lacaux ◽

V. Yoboué ◽

C. Delon ◽

J. P. Lacaux ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Central Africa ◽

Passive Samplers ◽

Data Series ◽

Wet Season ◽

Significant Difference ◽

West And Central Africa ◽

Remote Sites ◽

High Concentrations ◽

First Time

Abstract. In this paper, we present the long term monitoring of ambient gaseous concentrations within the framework of the IDAF (IGAC-DEBITS-AFRICA) program. This study proposes for the first time to study long term gases concentrations (1998–2007) by determining the ambient concentration of the inorganic gases, i.e., SO2, NO2, HNO3, NH3 and O3 using passive samplers at seven remote sites in West and Central Africa. Sites are representative of a great African ecosystem and are located according a transect: dry savannas-wet savannas-forests with Banizoumbou (Niger), Katibougou and Agoufou (Mali), Djougou (Benin), Lamto (Cote d'Ivoire), Zoetele (Cameroon) and Bomassa (Congo). The validation and inter-comparison studies conducted with the IDAF passive samplers assure the quality and the control of the measurement technique to show the accuracy of the measurements. For each type of African ecosystems, we have studied the long term data series to document the levels of gaseous surface concentrations and the seasonal and interannual variations analyzed as a function of emission sources variations. We have tried to compare West and Central African gases concentrations to the results obtained in other parts of the world. Results show that the annual mean concentrations of NO2, NH3, HNO3 measured in dry savannas are higher than those measured in wet savannas and forests that have quite similar concentrations. Annual mean NO2 concentrations vary from 0.9±0.2 in forests to 2.4±0.4 ppb in the dry savannas, NH3 from 3.9±1.4 to 7.4±0.8 ppb, HNO3 from 0.2±0.1 to 0.5±0.2 ppb. Annual mean O3 and SO2 concentrations are lower for all the ecosystems and range from 4.0±0.4 to 14.0±2.8 and from 0.3±0.1 to 1.0±0.2 ppb, respectively. A focus on dry savannas processes involved in gases emission is presented in this work, explaining the high concentrations of all gases measured on the three dry savannas sites. For all gases, seasonal concentrations are higher in the wet season of dry savannas. Conversely, concentrations are higher in the dry season of wet savannas. In forest, we measure no significant difference between wet and dry seasons. This unique database of long term gases concentrations monitoring is available at: http://www.obs-mip.fr/idaf/.

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THE ROLE OF EDUCATION ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CASE STUDY OF 2012 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKES ON THAILAND’S

Tạp chí Nghiên cứu dân tộc ◽

10.25073/0866-773x/72 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Raya Muttarak ◽

Wiraporn Pothisiri

Keyword(s):

Indian Ocean ◽

Emergency Preparedness ◽

Disaster Preparedness ◽

Formal Education ◽

Disaster Experience ◽

Individual Household ◽

The Indian Ocean ◽

The Individual

In this paper we investigate how well residents of the Andaman coast in Phang Nga province, Thailand, are prepared for earthquakes and tsunami. It is hypothesized that formal education can promote disaster preparedness because education enhances individual cognitive and learning skills, as well as access to information. A survey was conducted of 557 households in the areas that received tsunami warnings following the Indian Ocean earthquakes on 11 April 2012. Interviews were carried out during the period of numerous aftershocks, which put residents in the region on high alert. The respondents were asked what emergency preparedness measures they had taken following the 11 April earthquakes. Using the partial proportional odds model, the paper investigates determinants of personal disaster preparedness measured as the number of preparedness actions taken. Controlling for village effects, we find that formal education, measured at the individual, household, and community levels, has a positive relationship with taking preparedness measures. For the survey group without past disaster experience, the education level of household members is positively related to disaster preparedness. The findings also show that disaster related training is most effective for individuals with high educational attainment. Furthermore, living in a community with a higher proportion of women who have at least a secondary education increases the likelihood of disaster preparedness. In conclusion, we found that formal education can increase disaster preparedness and reduce vulnerability to natural hazards.

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