Extract from Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Press Conference
“We are also creating a new Global Impact Vulnerability Alert System, giving us real-time data and analysis on the socio-economic picture around the world, so that governments can reach those who most need it.”
References:
GLOBAL IMPACT ANDVULNERABILITY ALERT SYSTEM BACKGROUND NOTE 6 July 2009
Briefing Press, Deputy Secretary-General Says Global Impact Vulnerability Alert System Promises to Be 21st Century Tool to Help Analyse Modern Global Problems, 18 September 2009
iRevolution, Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System (GIVAS): A New Early Warning Initiative? July 2, 2009 Patrick Philippe Meier
