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Special Envoy Bill Clinton

As tsunami anniversary nears, UN envoy Clinton visits worst hit area in Indonesia

30 November 2005
United Nations tsunami envoy former United States President Bill Clinton continued his anniversary tour of regions devastated by the Indian Ocean disaster, visiting the Indonesian province of Aceh, the most ravaged area, and calling for a balance between the need for quick results and the achievement of lasting outcomes.
Special Envoy Bill Clinton

UN tsunami envoy Clinton returns to Sri Lanka, Indonesia, as anniversary nears

29 November 2005
With the one-year anniversary of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami approaching, former United States President Bill Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, returned to Sri Lanka today, praising the recovery progress already made but warning that there was still more to do.

UNICEF calls 2005 'Year of Emergencies' as tsunami anniversary nears

29 November 2005
The year 2005 has been an unprecedented year of emergencies for children, with an extraordinary series of natural disasters, food crises, and conflicts tearing at the fabric of life for tens of millions of people, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund released today.

UN tsunami early warning systems extended to Mediterranean, Northeast Atlantic

23 November 2005
Spurred on by last December’s deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, a United Nations-backed meeting of experts from 23 Mediterranean and Northeast Atlantic countries has laid the foundations for a regional early warning system to mitigate disasters like the one which killed 85,000 people in Italy 100 years ago.
Woman draws water from well near her UNHCR-built shelter

Sri Lanka: UN refugee agency completes post-tsunami shelter-building mission

22 November 2005
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that it had completed its task coordinating the construction of more than 58,000 temporary dwellings in Sri Lanka to house those displaced to emergency shelters such as tents and public buildings by last December’s devastating tsunami.
Special Envoy Bill Clinton

UN tsunami recovery envoy Bill Clinton to return affected region

17 November 2005
The United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former United States President Bill Clinton, has announced that later this month he will be making his second trip in his capacity as Envoy to countries devastated in the Indian Ocean region last December.

Tsunami relief funding benefited from media spotlight – UN official

7 November 2005
The "extraordinary" international response to last December's Indian Ocean tsunami was driven in part by press coverage, the United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator said today, contrasting that experience with the recent earthquake in Pakistan, where the media spotlight did not shine as brightly.