TC Activities 4th Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) on Disaster Management was successfully held in Seoul 2016.06.22

 

On June 22, 2016, the 4th Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) on Disaster Management was held in Seoul, ROK. It was hosted by the Ministry of Public Safety and Security of the ROK (MPSS), and facilitated by the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS).

Officials from disaster management authorities of the three countries participated in the TTX, including (ROK) MPSS, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), (Japan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Office, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and (China) Ministry of Civil Affairs. International organizations and NGOs such as United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC) and Korean Red Cross as well as officials from Mongolia, Russia, and the United States attended the TTX as observers.

During the TTX, the participants conducted a simulation exercise based on a scenario of a large scale typhoon hitting the Korean Peninsula. The three countries also shared their experience and lessons learned from the international rescue operation in Nepal Earthquake 2015.

Highlighting that there is a greater need for disaster management cooperation in Northeast Asia, all participants attached importance to continuously developing the TTX. The three countries agreed to conduct the next TTX in 2017 in Japan.

 

 



 

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