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Via the UN News Center, an announcement that the UN is helping to create global standards for the ways in which rescue workers can notify the next-of-kin of injured people.
Next-of-kin information for injured people will now be easier to find thanks to a new telephone code from the United Nations telecommunications agency.Add this to the list of "little ways" that international cooperation can make life easier for everyone around the world.By adding prefixes such as "01," "02" and "03" before contacts -- for example, "01husband" -- in a person's mobile telephone directory, rescuers will be able to notify relatives or friends worldwide.
"This simple addition to a person's next-of-kin or nominated contact details has the potential to greatly reduce stress for overworked emergency workers around the world," said Malcolm Johnson, Director of ITU's Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. "Anything that can be done to reduce the workload of these remarkably brave people and assist in getting injured people the right care and attention is commendable."
The code "ICE" -- short for "In Case of Emergency" -- has appeared in some mobile phones in English-speaking nations, but ITU members stressed the need for a global unified standard that would be effective regardless of language or script.
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Posted by: nocatster at July 24, 2008 9:55 PM