PRESS RELEASE
August 31, 2004
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tel: 202-319-1976, x. 348; Fax: 202-319-2982
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Armenia to Host General Assembly of the Asian Seismological Commission

The Asian Seismological Commission (ASC) will hold its 2004 General
Assembly in Yerevan, Armenia on October 18-21, 2004. The General
Assembly is organized by the ASC and the Armenian Association
of Seismology and Physics of the Earth, under the auspices of the
Government of the Republic of Armenia, OSCE, and the UN International
Strategy for Disaster Reduction. The presiding officer of the
Commission for the current term is Professor Sergei Balassanian.

The goals of the conference and its organizers are to promote
understanding of earthquake disaster reduction as an essential element
of government policy and a major priority in regional, national and
international development; to contribute to the establishment of
partnerships between the scientific community, government and public;
and facilitate exchange and transfer of up-to-date knowledge and
technology, and strengthening of international and multidisciplinary
cooperation in the field of seismic risk reduction.

Greater details and circulars on the agenda, invitees, and other
relevant information is available at the conference website,
, or from Ashot Meliksetyan,
Executive Secretary of the Local Organizing Committee, at Orbeli
Street, #41, Yerevan, 375028, Armenia, tel. +374-1-269282, email:
office@aaspe.am