UN Chief Says Tsunami Aid Response &#39;Very Good&#39;
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The United Nations has received $500 million in pledges of assistance for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. Half of the total came in one chunk from the World Bank.
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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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UNITED IN SHOCK: United Nations delegates agree to work together to better guard their people against natural disasters in wake of Asia's devastating tsunami.
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan praises the response to the call for aid for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.
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Areas hit by the Asian tsunami could take up to 10 years to recover, UN secretary general Kofi Annan warns.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in Sunday&#39;s Indian Ocean tsunami disaster neared 120,000 as UN Secretary General Kofi Annan spoke of &quot;an unprecedented global catastrophe&quot; which called for &quot;an unprecedented global response&quot;.
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UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (KOH&#39;-fee AN&#39;-nan) is calling for &quot;an unprecedented global response&quot; to the tsunami that&#39;s killed at least 119 thousand people in south Asia.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CP) - As the death toll from Asia&#39;s earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared past 120,000, nations donated $600 million Cdn toward the world&#39;s largest relief effort, but UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said even more would be needed.
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The UN secretary general asks world leaders to make an unprecedented response to the Indian Ocean disaster.
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The United Nations said that it had secured concrete aid of 717 million dollars toward its emergency relief appeal for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, and urged donor countries to speed up delivery of further aid promises.
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UNITED NATIONS -- In the three weeks since the Indian Ocean tsunami ripped up coastlines in Asia and Africa, the United Nations has credited more than 40 governments, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank with unprecedented pledges of assistance valued at nearly $4 billion.
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Heavy rains and floods are  holding up efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunami, but  the United Nations said on Tuesday that "extraordinary  progress" was being made and the total amount of aid pledged  had risen to between $2 billion and $3 billion.
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The UN refugee chief says US willingness to take up to 7,000 Iraq refugees is "a very good step".
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The United Nations is sending special teams to Asia to help after the tsunami disaster which the head of UNICEF said had wielded "staggering" power.
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The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries hit by tsunami wave devastation on Sunday as governments and aid groups sent money and rescuers to answer desperate pleas for help.
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Urging a matching "unprecedented global response", UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ( news - web sites ) said that half a billion dollars in aid had been promised or delivered for relief operations after the ...
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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.