Clinton 'to get UN tsunami post'
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The UN has chosen former US President Bill Clinton to be its tsunami relief envoy, reports say.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries worst hit by the tsunami wave devastation as governments and aid groups sent money and emergency specialists to answer desperate pleas for help.
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A tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean could be up and running by next year, a UN agency says.
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Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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The United Nations has sentexperts to help with rescue and relief work in Indonesia, India and other Asian countries stricken by powerful earthquakes and tidal waves, a UN spokesman said on Sunday.
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The UN's emergency aid chief says he is optimistic the world will meet the challenges of the tsunami disaster.
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The United Nations was put in charge of sorting out differences among countries offering to build a tsunami early warning system after a flood of proposals in the wake of the Indian Ocean tragedy.
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Former US president Bill Clinton will visit Zambia this weekend to boost an UN-backed HIV/AIDS drugs programme which is helping treat some 13,250 children, UNITAID said Thursday.
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The humanitarian catastrophe caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami is stretching the world&#39;s ability to respond, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, urging a sustained relief effort.
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30 December 2004 - Rushing back to United Nations Headquarters in New York from an interrupted holiday following the devastating Asian tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today convened a top level meeting of emergency officials and agency heads to
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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan selected former President Clinton yesterday to be the UN point man for tsunami reconstruction, saying no one could better ensure that the world doesn't forget the needs of the countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster.
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NEW DELHI: US President George W Bush, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a host of world leaders today telephoned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and offered support in the wake of the Tsunami disaster.
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30 December 2004 - With the United Nations health agency warning that up to 5 million people in Southeast Asia are without basic services after Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunami, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today chaired a top level emergency meeting to
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Former US First Lady Hillary Clinton today urged Northern Ireland politicians to inspire others around the world by moving the peace process forward.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan will visit tsunami stricken Indonesia next week, as the  world increased aid pledges to $2 billion for tsunami-hit areas  in South Asia, U.N. officials said Saturday.
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United Nations officials acknowledged it will take days before tons of food, medicine and portable hospitals reaches tsunami survivors in devastated areas across Asia.
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A partial list of the countries and organizations pledging aid for tsunami victims, based on U.N. data and official announcements by the nations. The United Nations said Saturday that about &#36;2 billion has been promised so far.