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Migrants in tsunami-hit Thai regions need more access to health services, says UN study

31 August 2005
Migrants living in areas affected by last year's tsunami need better access to maternal and child health services, family planning and information on preventing HIV infection, according to a United Nations-sponsored study.

UN tsunami chief to assess recovery effort in Sri Lanka and Indonesia

30 August 2005
The United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery Eric Schwartz will travel to Sri Lanka and Indonesia tomorrow on a 10-day fact-finding mission to see the impact of last December’s tsunami on people’s lives and to gauge the progress of the recovery.

UNICEF thanks Association of Tennis Professionals for tsunami aid

29 August 2005
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has presented a plaque to World No. 1 tennis player Roger Federer in appreciation for the efforts of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to raise money for relief programmes after the Indian Ocean tsunami struck last December.

Despite progress, women’s health faces challenges in tsunami-hit countries – UN

22 August 2005
Less than half of the monies committed for women’s reproductive health, safety and equality in parts of South Asia devastated by the tsunami last December have been used, according to a six-month progress report issued by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

New UN-sponsored project launched to help Maldives recover from tsunami

17 August 2005
In yet another United Nations-coordinated effort to promote recovery in the countries devastated by last December’s Indian Ocean tsunami, the Government of Maldives has launched a project financed by the Government of China that will provide $500,000 to rehabilitate two remote islands.

UN convenes scientists to study nuclear power plant risks from natural disasters

16 August 2005
Seeking to prevent nuclear power plant disasters from being unleashed by natural calamities, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency is organizing an international scientific workshop in India this month to re-examine risks from events such as last December’s catastrophic tsunami in the Indian Ocean.

UN tsunami envoy Clinton praises Indonesia's Aceh accord as vital for recovery

16 August 2005
Former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy overseeing recovery efforts from December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, has praised the peace accord signed yesterday between the Indonesian Government and separatists in Aceh as vital for rehabilitating the region worst hit by the disaster.
Special Envoy Bill Clinton

Sri Lanka: UN tsunami envoy Clinton hopes assassination will not renew fighting

15 August 2005
Condemning the “brutal and criminal” assassination of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister, former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy overseeing recovery efforts from December’s devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, has appealed to the people of the south Asian island state to avoid renewed hostilities.
The fisheries sector plays an important role

UN calls on donors to help repair tsunami damage to Yemen’s fishing industry

10 August 2005
Fishing communities in Yemen were much more seriously affected by last December’s Indian Ocean tsunami than originally thought, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today appealed to donors for $2.2 million for a rehabilitation project to help some 2,000 households.

UN-backed Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system begins to take shape

5 August 2005
A major element of a United Nations-backed tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean should be up and running by the end of the year as part of an international effort to prevent a recurrence of last December's catastrophe, when experts believe tens of thousands of people could have been saved had they been alerted in time.