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<font size="3" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Dear colleagues,</font><br>
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<font size="3" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">The April 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" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b>: </b></font><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about/updates/un-spider-updates-april-2013"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b><u>http://www.un-spider.org/about/updates/un-spider-updates-april-2013</u></b></font></a><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman"><b> </b></font><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.unoosa.org/oosa/mse/index.html"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">12 April: International Day of Human Space Flight</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/advisory-support/advisory-missions/vietnam-technical-advisory-mission"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Advisory Support: Mission Profile for Vietnam now online</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/content/5493/advisory-missions"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Three UN-SPIDER training sessions coming up in May</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6637/2013-04-30t114500/4th-meeting-international-working-group-satellite-based"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">4th Meeting of the International Working Group on Satellite-based Emergency Mapping</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/about-us/news/en/6618/2013-04-23t171100/igac-using-remote-sensing-map-land-degradation"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">IGAC: Using Remote Sensing to map land degradation</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6633/2013-04-30t082000/igac-opening-gis-specialization-programme"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">IGAC: Opening of GIS Specialization Programme</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6632/2013-04-29t092600/nigeria-project-managers-training-international-charter"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Nigeria: Project Managers Training for the International Charter</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/space-application-guides/coconet-measuring-atmosphere-and-earth-reduce-risk-natural-hazards"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">COCONet: Measuring Atmosphere and Earth for Disaster Risk Reduction</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6605/2013-04-22t093100/usa-new-strategy-civil-earth-observation"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">USA: New strategy for civil earth observation</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6598/2013-04-16t120200/satellite-images-emergencies-dlr-chair-international-charter"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">Satellite Images for Emergencies: DLR chairs International Charter</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6619/2013-04-23t100300/india-launch-indigenous-satellite-navigation-system-june"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">India: Launch of indigenous satellite navigation system in June</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6624/2013-04-24t102600/international-charter-satellite-imagery-china-earthquake"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">International Charter: Satellite imagery for China earthquake</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6631/2013-04-29t091400/china-successful-launch-earth-observation-satellite-gaofen-1"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">China: Successful launch of Earth Observation satellite Gaofen-1</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/en/6634/2013-05-01t145400/esa-mapping-land-deformation-satellite-radar-data"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">ESA: Mapping land deformation with satellite radar data</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://humanitarian-nomad.org/"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">15-17 May 2013: Linking Humanitarian Organizations with Mobile Data Collection Tool Providers</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.unisdr.org/we/coordinate/global-platform"><font size="3" color="#4181C0" face="Helvetica 55 Roman">19-23 May 2013: Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction</font></a>
<li><a href="http://www.un-spider.org/event/6440/2013-06-25/united-nationsgermany-un-spider-bonn-expert-meeting-use-space-based"><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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