Reports

20 January 2005, KOBE - "With exceptionally generous help from Japan and other donors, no child who survived the Asian tsunami should die from hunger. Children suffered most in this tsunami, but with better early warning systems, we can…

HONG KONG, Jan 17, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Tsunami-hit Asian countries are pushing ahead with creating a tsunami warning system in a bid to prevent the disaster from ever recurring as world countries continue to pool their resources…

Small Islands Also Close Their Conference with Call for Significant Strengthening of Early Warning for Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific and Action to Conserve Corals, Mangroves and other Natural Sea Defenses Nairobi, 15 January 2005 - Making operational a tsunami early…

An international disaster reduction conference set to open next week in Japan should serve to forge agreement on a tsunami early-warning system for the Indian Ocean, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today. The meeting should…

Rich countries must adopt several vital reforms or risk failing Tsunami victims said international agency Oxfam in a new report released today. Although the initial response was generous, Oxfam warns that as international attention begins to wane, vital reforms…

In the aftermath of the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, Amnesty International (AI) is monitoring the relief effort to ensure that fundamental human rights are respected. These include the principle of non-discrimination in aid provision, principles guiding protection of…

SG/SM/9673, IHA/988 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General welcomes the generous pledges and, more importantly, the firm commitments announced yesterday in Geneva in response to the United Nations Flash Appeal for the countries affected…

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is urgently asking your attention for the following situation: According to different sources, it has been estimated that the number of children who have become orphaned or displaced by the Tsunami disaster could reach…

PORT LOUIS, Jan 10, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Delegates from some 40 small island nations convened Monday in Indian Ocean island Mauritius, coordinating efforts to raise disaster preparedness and plea for international help in building an early warning system…

10-01-2005 6:40 pm UNESCO Director-General, Koichiro Matsuura, will announce UNESCO's Global Strategy for the Establishment of a Tsunami Early Warning System, including the one for the Indian Ocean, during the United Nations International Meeting on Small Island Developing States, which…