tsunami

UN official calls for affected communities to have more say in tsunami recovery

27 February 2006
Communities affected by the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, that killed more than 220,000 people and displaced an estimated two million across South and Southeast Asia, should be given more say in the recovery effort, a senior United Nations official said today at the end of his 10-day assessment mission to the region.

UN official on tsunami assessment mission in Indonesia and India

21 February 2006
More than a year after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, a senior United Nations official is travelling in Indonesia and India this week to assess the recovery effort and look at what's being done to provide shelter for the victims displaced by the disaster.
Miloon Kothari briefs UN correspondents

Study showing governments violate human rights of tsunami survivors released at UN

1 February 2006
Governments are violating the human rights of their own citizens as tsunami survivors endure discrimination, inadequate housing and assaults one year after the tragedy swept through Southeast Asia, a study released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York says.