IZizwe eziManyeneyo ziye zaqinisekisa ukuba amazwe ali-18 angqonge i-Indian Ocean Rim aya kuthatha inxaxheba kumsebenzi we-tsunami oxhaswa yiZizwe eziManyeneyo ngo-Okthobha we-14 owaziwa ngokuba yi-“Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 09.”
Olu qheliselo luza kungqamana noSuku lweHlabathi lokuNcitshiswa kweNtlekele kwaye luza kuphawula okokuqala ngqa ukuba kumiselwe inkqubo yokulumkisa emva kwentlekele etshabalalisayo eyahlasela lo mmandla ngowama-2004.
Lo msebenzi wenziwa emva kwetsunami eye yabulala abantu abangaphezu kwe-100 eSamoa kwinyanga ephelileyo, “inikela isikhumbuzo sokuba abantu abahlala elunxwemeni kuyo yonk’ indawo bafanele bazi yaye bazilungiselele ezo ziganeko,” watsho njalo uMbutho Wezemfundo, Inzululwazi Nenkcubeko weZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. (UNESCO).
Ukulandela i-tsunami ka-2004, i-UNESCO - ngokusebenzisa i-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - yanceda amazwe akulo mmandla ukuba amise i-Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWS).
I-drill ezayo, ngokutsho kwe-UN, iya kuvavanya kwaye ivavanye ukusebenza kwenkqubo, ukuchonga ubuthathaka kunye neendawo zokuphucula, kunye nenjongo yokwandisa ukulungiswa nokuphucula ukulungelelaniswa kulo lonke ummandla.
"Umsebenzi uya kuphinda inyikima enkulu ye-9.2 eyenzeka kunxweme olusenyakatho-ntshona ye-Sumatra, e-Indonesia, ngo-2004, ivelisa i-tsunami eyonakalisayo echaphazela amazwe ukusuka e-Australia ukuya eMzantsi Afrika," kusho i-UN.
Itsunami eyenziweyo iya kusasazeka ngexesha lokwenyani kulo lonke uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, ithatha malunga neeyure ezili-12 ukusuka e-Indonesia ukuya kunxweme loMzantsi Afrika. Iibhulethi ziya kukhutshwa yi-Japan Meteorogical Agency (JMA) e-Tokyo kunye ne-Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) eHawaii, eUnited States, esebenze njengeenkonzo zexeshana zokucebisa ukususela ngo-2005.
AbaBoneleli boMmandla beTsunami abasandula ukusekwa (RTWP) e-Australia, e-Indiya nase-Indonesia nabo baya kuthatha inxaxheba kulo msebenzi kwaye baya kwabelana ngeebhulethi zovavanyo lwexesha lokwenyani phakathi kwabo kuphela.
Amazwe azakuba nenxaxheba kolu qeqesho lweveki ezayo yiOstreliya, iBangladesh, iIndiya, iIndonesia, iKenya, iMadagascar, iMalaysia, iMaldives, iMauritius, iMozambique, iMyanmar, iOman, iPakistan, iSeychelles, iSingapore, iSri Lanka, iTanzania neTimor-Leste.
Ngokutsho kwe-UN, i-drill efanayo yabanjwa ngo-Oktobha 2008 ukuvavanya i-Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (PTWS). Ezo nkqubo zokulumkisa kwangethuba nazo ziye zasekwa kwiCaribbean, kuLwandle lweMeditera nakuMntla-mpuma weAtlantiki kunye nolwandle oludibeneyo.
Unobhala jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo uBan Ki-moon kule veki ugxininise indima yolwazi nonxibelelwano lobuchwephesha (ICT) ekujonganeni nemiba ephambili, equka ukuncitshiswa kweentlekele zendalo. "Ngokusebenzisa isayensi yemozulu elungileyo kunye nokwabelana ngolwazi, ii-ICTs zinokunceda ukunciphisa umngcipheko kunye nefuthe leentlekele zendalo," watshela iintloko zeLizwe kunye namaGosa aLawulayo aPhezulu ukuya kwi-Telecom World 2009 e-Geneva. "Xa inyikima ihlasela, inkqubo ye-ICT elungelelanisiweyo inokubeka iliso kuphuhliso, ithumele imiyalezo kaxakeka kwaye incede abantu ukuba bajamelane nayo."
Iququzelelwe yi-UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU), iTelecom World sisiganeko esikhethekileyo kuluntu lwe-ICT oludibanisa amagama aphezulu avela kulo lonke ishishini nakwihlabathi jikelele. Iforamu yalo nyaka igxininisa ukufikelela kunye nendima yonxibelelwano kunye ne-ICT kwiindawo ezifana nokwahlukana kwedijithali, utshintsho lwemozulu, kunye noncedo lwentlekele.
