[TZGISUG] [UN SPIDER] Updates January 2013

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Dear colleagues,

The January 2013 edition of the UN-SPIDER Updates are available!

Read or download the Updates:

http://www.un-spider.org/about/updates/un-spider-updates-january-2013


In this issue:

UN-SPIDER at a glance

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   Temporary job opening: Associate Information Systems Officer/Knowledge
   Portal Specialist – P2

   Partnerships: UN-SPIDER organizes Matchmaking Workshop

   UNOOSA/UN-SPIDER activates Disasters Charter for Floods in the Middle
   East

   UNOOSA launches Social Media presence on Facebook and Twitter


News from our Regional Support Offices

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   ADRC co-organizes Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction 2013


News from our Community

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   ESA: Ice mission satellite has high potential for flood mapping

   Disaster Risk Reduction: UN task team develops second Thematic Think
   Piece

   Roscosmos: Plans for GLONASS Programme

   Azerspace: Azerbaijan's first satellite to be launched

   International Charter activated for floods in Mozambique

   Beidou: China opens Navigation System for Civilian Use

   World Disasters Reports 2012 highlights Forced Migration and
   Displacement

   German Center for Satellite Based Crisis Information launches regular
   operations



Upcoming events

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   11-22 February 2013: Fiftieth session of the COPUOS Scientific and
   Technical Subcommittee

   13-15 February 2013: Fourth Africa regional platform for disaster risk
   reduction

   11-15 March 2013: United Nations/Pakistan International Workshop on
   Integrated Use of Space Technologies for Food and Water Security


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