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Tangshan-Qinglong Tour

A UN team, led by Dr. Jeanne-Marie Col, Interregional Advisor, UN Department of Development Support and Management Services (UNDDSMS) and the Global Programme Coordinator, and Dr. Olavi Elo, Director of the Secretariat for the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), toured the Tangshan-Qinglong area from July 24th to July 28th, 1996. The team visited historical sites related to the Great Tangshan Earthquake, and conducted interviews with survivors and public officials who had firsthand experiences of the earthquake.