Progress Report on IWGLTS

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Progress Report on IWGLTS Eiichiro Oishi Japan
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• Stands for International Working Group for Land
  Transport Security, established based on
  Ministerial Conference on International Transport
  Security, January 2006
• Aims at enhancing cooperation in passenger rail
  and transit security among government

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• France held 1st meeting in Paris, April 2007
• Japan held 2nd meeting in Osaka, October 2007
  and 3rd in Tokyo, February 2008
• U.S. will host 4th meeting in coming November
• Economies and organization which participated in
  the meetings, at least once, are Australia,
  Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia,
  Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, U.K., U.S.
  and EC

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• Members shared information on terror attack and
  security measures
• Japan developed a report on Raising Public
  Awareness
• Germany developed a report on Security
  Partnership between Operators and Authorities

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• Members shared information on terror attack and
  security measures
• Surveillance System
• Security Management System
• Legal Framework

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• Request for passenger cooperation when they find
  suspicious objects/persons
• Notification of the reinforcement of surveillance
• The measure for trashcans
• Other ways to encourage passenger vigilance

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• a) Request for passenger cooperation when they
  find suspicious objects/persons
• Appeal to passengers through audio
  announcements, posters and electric display etc.
  to be vigilant to the suspicious objects and
  persons.

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• a) Request for passenger cooperation when they
  find suspicious objects/persons

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• b) Notification of the reinforcement of
  surveillance
• Deter the terrorist attack by displaying
  distinctive security notice.

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• c) The measure for trashcans
• Inexplosive trashcans
• Transparent trashcans
• ? Regular checking or emptying is
  effective

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• d) Other ways to encourage passenger vigilance
• Distribute cards

Three rules when you find suspicious object 1.
Dont touch! 2. Dont smell! 3. Dont move!
If you find any suspicious objects, please inform
staff or police!
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• Beware of false alarms
• Keep refreshing messages
• Prevent undue concern

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Security Partnership between Operators and
Authorities

• Responsibilities in the framework of security
  risk prevention
• Security risk assessments, classification of
  security risks and escalation levels
• Integration of travelers and personnel into
  security risk prevention

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Thank you
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