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Subject: 'Nature' Reports Lifting of the UN Ban on Pakistan Satellite
Imagery
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005
From: Catherine Hodge <[log in to unmask]>


UN opens access to earthquake shots
Relief workers applaud release of satellite imagery.

Declan Butler

High-resolution satellite images of Kashmir, which was hit hard by a
magnitude-7.6 earthquake on 8 October, have begun to reappear on public
websites, much to the relief of aid workers.

The pictures were removed last week from all public-access websites
belonging to the United Nations (UN) and its relief partners, including
the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters (see 'Quake aid
hampered by ban on web shots').

A senior official at the charter, who asked not to be named, told Nature
that the UN decided to ban public dissemination of photos of the area
after a meeting on 10 October. The official told Nature that the meeting
discussed an official reminder from Pakistan about the political
sensitivity of the area, which was issued after the earthquake. Pakistan
and India have long fought over Kashmir, and there were concerns that
pictures could compromise security in the region.

To see entire article, go here:
http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051017/full/051017-12.html



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