Informes

IP/05/03 Brussels, 6 January 2005 - Speaking at the "Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on the Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami" in Jakarta today, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, announced an additional package of up to € 450…

International agency Oxfam today urged the people of the world to hold their leaders to account for the Tsunami Summit promises of nearly $4 billion in aid as well as action on debt relief to assist those countries devastated…

The health response to this disaster is moving ahead rapidly and WHO is actively playing its part. Across the affected region, hospital and medical staff are clearing away mounds of debris and the damage done by flooding in an…

On the day of the Jakarta talks to deal with the Asian tsunami crisis, Christian Aid calls on the international community to make a long-term commitment to the region. 'Christian Aid's long experience in dealing with disasters, both natural and…

SPEECH/05/02 Special Asian Leaders' Meeting, Jakarta, 6 January 2005 The damage brought by this terrible disaster has shocked the world. Our hearts go out to those who have so tragically died and to those who survived but have lost their loved…

Montréal, le 6 janvier 2005 - Les dons recueillis par DéVELOPPEMENT ET PAIX au nom des victimes des tsunamis ont franchi le cap du million de dollars. «Et cette somme va certainement doubler», estime Richard Renshaw, le directeur général intérimaire…

SG/SM/9666, IHA/978 Says December Tsunami is Largest Natural Disaster To Which UN has Responded in Its 60 Years of Existence Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Special Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders' Meeting…

"Let us rebuild in a way that will make the poor more secure and less vulnerable to future disasters," says Wolfensohn News Release No:2005/271/S JAKARTA, January 6, 2005 - Speaking to the leaders of the special meeting of the Association…

JAKARTA, Jan 6, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- World leaders, special envoys and heads of regional as well as international organizations here on Thursday agreed to establish a regional early warning system such as Regional Tsunami Early Warning Center…

Lieberman wants $30 million investment in global oceanic system Washington - Senator Joseph Lieberman says he will urge Congress to back deployment of a system that will extend warning devices for tsunamis into the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  Such a system…