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Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system formally launched at UN meeting

30 June 2005
A United Nations commission today formally launched a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean and laid the groundwork for similar initiatives around the world’s seas, haunted by the realization that such an operation could have saved tens of thousands of lives lost in last December’s disaster in South Asia.

UN refugee agency invited to return to Aceh for tsunami rebuilding effort

27 June 2005
The United Nations refugee agency has been invited to return to Indonesia's Aceh province to assist in providing shelter as part of the longer-term effort to recover from the severe damage caused to settlements there by December's Indian Ocean tsunami, the Government of that country announced.

UN agency hails Indonesian women’s bid for greater role in tsunami recovery

24 June 2005
The United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has welcomed the efforts of women in the Indonesian province of Aceh, the area most devastated by last December’s Indian Ocean tsunami, to demand a greater role in the recovery process.
Former US President Bill Clinton

Six months after tsunami, Clinton, UN agencies say hardest work lies ahead

23 June 2005
Six months after the tsunami ripped through communities across the Indian Ocean, United Nations agencies involved in the recovery said the toughest challenges still lie ahead – including the complex questions of where to re-establish housing, how to quickly restore livelihoods and what to prioritize now that the emergency relief phase is over.
Tsunami wreckage

UN tsunami envoy Clinton outlines four-step rebuilding programme

22 June 2005
Former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy overseeing recovery efforts from December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, today outlined a four-step rebuilding programme that includes listening attentively to the most vulnerable sectors of society and targeting action to avoid duplication.
Sálvano Briceño

UN reports rapid progress on Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system

22 June 2005
A senior United Nations official today reported rapid progress on setting up a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean which, had it existed at the time of last December's disaster, might have saved tens of thousands of the more than 200,000 lives lost to the giant waves that overwhelmed a dozen countries.
Tsunami destruction on Indonesian coast

Indonesia: UN, Government plan green post-tsunami reconstruction

21 June 2005
In the wake of the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami in the Indonesian province of Aceh, the United Nations environmental agency, along with the Indonesian environmental ministry, opened a three-day meeting today in an attempt to ensure that good environmental practices are integrated into reconstruction plans.
Veneman visites Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: UNICEF chief visits school rebuilt in east

20 June 2005
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) chief Ann Veneman has visited the children at a temporary school that the Fund built in eastern Sri Lanka, one of nearly 100 it constructed across the island after last December's tsunami disaster.
UNEP chief Klaus Toepfer

Tsunami damage greatest where environment was degraded – UN

17 June 2005
Coastal areas where natural vegetation had been removed suffered the greatest damage from the Indian Ocean tsunami, according to two reports released today by the United Nations environmental agency on the environmental impact of the December 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and the Maldives respectively.
Devastated homes on the northern coast of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka: UN agricultural agency repairs over 3,400 tsunami-damaged boats

16 June 2005
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says it has repaired over 3,400 fishing boats damaged by December's devastating tsunami in Sri Lanka, allowing nearly 12,000 fishermen to resume their livelihoods.