tsunami

Carol Bellamy

Tsunami response shows way to deal with world’s long-standing ills – UNICEF

7 February 2005
The inspirational worldwide outpouring of humanitarian aid after the Indian Ocean tsunami is a lesson that belies the myths of compassion fatigue and the world as a heartless place in confronting crises in other emergencies and from other scourges, the head of United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today.

UN boosts logistical ability to deliver food in tsunami-ravaged Indonesia

7 February 2005
With nearly 500,000 people already having received a one-month supply of food in Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh region, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly increasing its logistical capacity, with seven to 10 helicopters now at its disposal and reinforcement by sea starting up today.
Devastation along Aceh's coast

UN agency helps tsunami survivors who will not relocate from ravaged village

4 February 2005
While the Indonesian Government is relocating to camps scores of thousands of people displaced by December’s devastating tsunami in Aceh province, the United Nations refugee agency is tending to the needs of 4,000 survivors who have made clear their ravaged fishing village is their home and they do not want to leave.
Carol Bellamy

US football players, international rugby and pop stars teams up for tsunami aid

3 February 2005
Leading United States football players, international rugby and Western and Asian pop stars are being recruited into the United Nations effort to bring relief and raise funds for the millions of people devastated by last month’s Indian Ocean tsunami.
Devastated homes on the northern coast of Sri Lanka.

UN takes first step in rebuilding Sri Lanka's fishing fleet, destroyed by tsunami

3 February 2005
In the first small step in a large-scale initiative to help restore the livelihoods of thousands of Sri Lankan fishermen devastated by December's Indian Ocean tsunami, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today handed over an initial $380,000 consignment of boat repair kits.
Former US President Bill Clinton

Former US President Clinton accepts role of UN envoy for tsunami relief effort

1 February 2005
Former United States President Bill Clinton has accepted the offer by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to become his special envoy for countries affected by last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, Mr. Annan's spokesman confirmed today.