The Delegation of Hong Kong, China attending the 56th Session of the Typhoon Committee

The 56th Session of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) / World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Typhoon Committee¹ was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 27 February to 1 March 2024.

The WMO, ESCAP, and 12 of the 14 Members of the Typhoon Committee sent delegations, with a total of more than 90 experts in meteorology, hydrology, and disaster prevention and reduction from the Asia-Pacific region, attending the Session. The Hong Kong Observatory and the Drainage Services Department also sent experts to jointly form the delegation of Hong Kong, China to participate in this Session.

At the Session, experts reviewed achievements of the work in 2023 and discussed various future Members' activities, operational and research collaborations within the Typhoon Committee region, in an effort to strengthen cooperation among Members in tropical cyclone monitoring, forecasting and warning, as well as disaster prevention and reduction with an aim to reducing casualties and damages caused by tropical cyclones.

Group photo of the participants of the 56th Session of ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Delegation from Hong Kong, China, including Mr. Chui Si Kay, Deputy Director of the Drainage Services Department (2nd from the right) and Ms. Song Man Kuen, Sandy, Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory (3rd from the right).

[1] The Typhoon Committee is an intergovernmental body under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It currently comprises 14 Members: Cambodia; China; Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Hong Kong, China; Japan; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Macao, China; Malaysia; the Philippines; Republic of Korea; Singapore; Thailand; Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and the United States of America.