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The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives

The Indian Ocean Tsunami Archives are a set of archives in any medium that recorded the event, disaster response, and mostly about rehabilitation and reconstruction. The tsunami on December 26, 2004 was generated with wave heights exceeding 30 meters, inflicting widespread destruction in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and 12 other countries. The casualties were in excess of 310.000 lives. The archives located in several countries that impacted by the tsunami like Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. The number of the archives is 9.311 Meter Linier, 500 Photos, 196 Audio Cassettes, 1.230 Electronic CD/DVDs, and 13 Magnetic Videos.

Registration Year: 2017

Submission Year: 2016

Submitted by: Indonesia, Sri Lanka

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Residence that swept away by tsunami

Monument of Tsunami in form of Floating Diesel Power Plant Ship that carried away by tsunami along 7 km into downtown

Museum of Tsunami in Aceh.

President SBY and the Secretary General of UN, Kofi Annan during the Special Meeting for ASEAN leader following thetsunami

Formers President of United States, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush visit the disaster zone in Lampuuk, Aceh Besar

Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard visiting the victims of tsunami in emergency hospital thatmanaged by Australian troops

Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi played with children that became the victims oftsunami in Banda Aceh, April 23rd, 2005

The signing of Helsinki MoU on August 15,2005 the government delegation Hamid Awaluddin, the GAM representative Malik Mahmud, the mediator Martti Ahtisaari

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