UN responds to Samoa’s appeal for assistance in wake of deadly tsunami
The United Nations is responding to an appeal for assistance by Samoa, which earlier this week was struck by a tsunami that has wrought devastation on the South Pacific nation.
The United Nations is rushing teams to Indonesia to survey the damage in the wake of a massive earthquake, as a senior official with the world body called for global unity in responding to a series of deadly natural disasters that have struck Asia in recent days.