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<font size="3" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">The March 2013 edition of the UN-SPIDER Updates is available!</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Read or download the Updates here</font><font size="3" face="serif">:</font><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about/updates/un-spider-updates-march-2013"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b> </b></font><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>http://www.un-spider.org/about/updates/un-spider-updates-march-2013</b></font></a><br>
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<font size="3" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Or skip ahead to your topic of interest:</font><br>
<p><font size="3" color="#5893CA" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>UN-SPIDER at a glance</b></font>
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<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6565/2013-04-02t104800/vietnam-technical-advisory-mission-accomplished"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Vietnam: Technical Advisory Mission concluded</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6552/2013-03-15t115300/unoosa-and-unisdr-organize-session-space-and-disaster-risk"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UNOOSA and UNISDR organize Session on Space and Disaster-Risk Reduction</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/page/6134/user-appraisal-top-ten-geo-information-products"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">VALID: User Appraisal of "Top Ten" Geo-Information Products</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6539/2013-03-19t090500/unoosapakistan-workshop-space-technologies-food-and-water"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UNOOSA/Pakistan Workshop on Space Technologies for Food and Water Security</font></a></ul>
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<font size="3" color="#5893CA" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>News from our Regional Support Offices</b></font>
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<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/content/5699/regional-support-offices"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">New RSO profiles online: CONAE, ICIMOD and LAPAN</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6564/2013-04-02t082300/un-spider-rso-ukraine-participated-workshop-wild-fires"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UN-SPIDER RSO in Ukraine participates in Workshop on Wild Fires</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6570/2013-04-03t153900/satellite-data-support-ice-monitoring-and-flood-preparedness"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Ukraine: Satellite data to support ice monitoring and flood preparedness</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6538/2013-03-11t085900/pakistan-building-flash-flood-resilience-mountainous-regions"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Pakistan: Building flash flood resilience in mountainous regions</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6551/2013-03-15t093600/igac-launch-new-website-national-bank-images"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">IGAC: Launch of new website of the National Bank of Images</font></a></ul>
<p><font size="3" color="#5893CA" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>News from our Community</b></font>
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<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6521/2013-03-01t080300/sri-lanka-making-disaster-risk-information-available"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Sri Lanka: Making disaster risk information available</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6527/2013-03-04t103300/new-instrument-iss-provide-imagery-developing-nations"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">New instrument on ISS to provide imagery to Developing Nations</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6537/2013-03-08t142100/un-family-agrees-plan-disaster-risk-reduction"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UN family agrees on plan for disaster risk reduction</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6548/2013-03-13t101800/vietnam-launch-first-earth-observation-satellite"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Vietnam: Launch of first Earth Observation satellite scheduled</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6554/2013-03-18t093500/un-kicks-global-campaign-drought-mitigation"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UN kicks off Global Campaign for Drought Mitigation</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6556/2013-03-21t083700/unisdr-economic-losses-disasters-keep-rising"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">UNISDR: Economic losses from disasters keep rising</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6559/2013-03-25t113700/ogc-best-practices-document-earth-observation-product"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">OGC: Best Practices Document for Earth Observation Products, Services and Sensors</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6561/2013-03-26t104800/landsat-first-images-released-newest-earth-observation"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Landsat: First Images Released From Newest Earth Observation Satellite</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6566/2013-04-02t113400/international-charter-march-2013-newsletter-available"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">International Charter: March 2013 Newsletter published</font></a></ul>
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<p><font size="3" color="#5893CA" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>Upcoming events</b></font>
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<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/event/6572/2013-04-08/fifty-second-session-legal-subcommittee-copuos"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">8-19 April 2013: Fifty-second session of the Legal Subcommittee of COPUOS</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/event/6569/2013-04-09/unccd-2nd-scientific-conference"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">9-13 April 2013: UNCCD 2nd Scientific Conference on Desertification</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/earlywarning"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">26-27 June 2013: United Nations/Germany Bonn Expert Meeting on Early Warning - Apply now!</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/climatechangeconference"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">2-4 September 2013: United Nations/Indonesia International Conference on Integrated Space Technology Applications to Climate Change – Apply now!</font></a></ul>
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