tsunami

Bellamy briefs press on her visit to area

Nearly 3 weeks after tsunami, relief effort going 'reasonably well' - UN officials

14 January 2005
Nearly three weeks after a massive tsunami devastated a dozen Indian Ocean countries, top United Nations officials today said relief operations were going reasonably well, called reports of child exploitation exaggerated, and hammered home the urgent need for an early warning system to save thousands of lives in the future.
Destroyed fishing boats litter Indian coastline

Fishermen suffered huge material toll from tsunami, UN figures show

13 January 2005
The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster that came from the sea exacted an inordinate toll from those that live from the sea beyond its deadly haul of 160,000 lives, destroying tens of thousands of fishing boats and other equipment that were the only source of income for many, according to United Nations figures released today.
Mr. Matsuura

UN pushes ahead with plans for global tsunami early warning system

13 January 2005
The United Nations plans to have an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system, which experts say could have saved tens of thousands of lives in the current disaster, up and running by June 2006, with a global system operational a year after that.
Jan Egeland

Tsunami's 'second wave of death' - disease - can now be largely avoided, UN says

13 January 2005
The top United Nations emergency official said today he believed the relief effort could now avoid the feared "second wave of death" from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami - the toll taken by epidemic diseases - and he hoped Indonesia would revise its March deadline for the use of foreign military in the operation.
TV set lying near coral reef in Thailand

Time is of the essence as UN rushes in tsunami aid, both palliative and preventive

12 January 2005
In a multitasking race against time to confront the impact of last month’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, United Nations agencies are moving on numerous fronts, from the palliative to the preventive, from finding injured survivors in need of urgent treatment to saving coral reefs before irreparable damage takes its toll.
David Beckham

Goooooal!!! Beckham shoots for UNICEF tsunami relief campaign

12 January 2005
England’s soccer captain David Beckham, whose famed cross-shots have made him a byword for football to affluent European fans and undernourished children in African refugee camps alike, will be shooting for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to raise money for young victims of the devastating of Indian Ocean tsunami.
Tsunami wreckage

UN hails tsunami appeal response, seeks clarification on Indonesian restrictions

12 January 2005
Fresh from the "signal success" of a donors' meeting that funded more than three quarters of its flash appeal for the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, the United Nations today sought clarification from Indonesia that new security restrictions would not hamper its operations in the most ravaged of all the dozen affected nations.
Devastated fishing village, Ban Nam Kem, Thailand

UN agencies zero in on specific tsunami relief from mental health to blankets

11 January 2005
As ministers from more than 30 countries gathered in Geneva today to determine priorities for the nearly $1 billion United Nations flash appeal for the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, specialized UN agencies in the field are pinpointing areas for immediate action from mobilizing child trauma experts to delivering blankets.
Jan Egeland

Tsunami donor session opens with UN call to pay up and not forget other crises

11 January 2005
Representatives from 70 countries, both donors and victims of last month's devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, met in Geneva today to allocate the nearly $1 billion United Nations flash appeal, with top emergency officials pleading with contributors to stand by their pledges while not forgetting the world's other crises.
Annan and wife visit displaced families in Sri Lanka

As tsunami relief effort moves into third week, UN operation gathers momentum

10 January 2005
As the death toll from the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami reached 160,000, the largest United Nations relief effort ever mounted for a natural disaster moved into overdrive today, zeroing in on hitherto inaccessible areas, opening a new coordination centre and stepping up efforts to protect vulnerable children from exploitation.