UN – International catastrophe damage reduction strategy Let us not experience the Christmas Tsunami ever again   The catastrophe caused by the Tsunami waves in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, will be commemorated again this year in many countries in the world. The catastrophe was a motive for a number of civil society organizations to raise humanitarian activities for helping the Tsunami victims – starting from the big ones, like The Red Crass and The Red Crescent to the small ones – local and international. The urgency for creating a system for on-time warning on the potential catastrophes, which was confirmed tragically after the Tsunami waves had hit, encouraged the start of a Platform for international strategy catastrophe damage reduction, under UN patronage. This UN platform was initiated by the multipartner and multidonor initiative called “Evaluating and strengthening the systems for on-time warning in the countries struck by the Tsunami waves in 2004”. The UN platform is headquartered in Bonn, Germany, and its goal is to support the NGO work in the region. For more information regarding the Platform and its operation, go to the web-site: http://www.unisdr.org.ppew/.   M.I.