Informes

Instead of "D-Day", today was "T-Day" plus 10, Jan Egeland said upon opening his briefing to correspondents at United Nations Headquarters, announcing that the pledges now totalled between $3 billion and $4 billion, and progress in the relief effort…

NEW YORK, 5 January 2005 -- UNICEF welcomes the support of British Airways for making a weekly 747 freighter flight available to UNICEF to get humanitarian supplies to tsunami-stricken countries. The carrier said it will offer a 747 freighter to UNICEF…

COLOMBO, Jan 4, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 30,229 people have been killed and 15,683 others injured in the huge tsunami, according to a report issued Tuesday by the Center for National Operations Sri Lanka. The massive tidal…

RABAT, Jan. 04 - Emergency aid sent by Morocco to the Asian countries hit by the earthquake and Tsunami, has been delivered by a Moroccan delegation to government officials in Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, officials…

Colombo (dpa) - As Sri Lanka grappled Tuesday with a range of issues in the aftermath of the deadly tsunami, officials estimated that more than 100,000 houses were completed destroyed in addition to schools, hospitals, railways, roads and other…

Sweden has received a request from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to undertake cholera vaccination measures in the areas affected by the natural disaster in Asia. Sweden will therefore assist by providing 400.000 doses of cholera vaccine which will…

The Singapore Red Cross' medical relief team will leave for Trincommalee tomorrow, 4 January at 10.30pm. The medical relief team is made up of doctors and nurses from the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and the Singapore Health Services Group…

Madrid, 4 de enero de 2005 La respuesta española ante el maremoto producido en el Golfo de Bengala se está concentrando en Indonesia, la zona más afectada por esta catástrofe, y en Sri Lanka. El gobierno español ha comprometido ya…

Concern is responding to the scale of the unfolding disaster in Asia by rapidly increasing its emergency programme in India to €1.5 million. In addition, we are sending in an experienced emergency team to Sri Lanka', Tom Arnold, Chief…

NPA has been present with a humanitarian mine action programme in the Vanni since 2002. We have 600 local employees working in the Humanitarian Demining Unit, (HDU) and 10 international staff. The NPA/HDU office is located in Kilinochchi, and…