UN Says Cost of Tsunami Disaster Without Precedent
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The UN emergency relief agency is struggling to respond to a natural disaster that has brought death and destruction to at least eight countries.
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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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A top UN humanitarian official said that billions of dollars of damage had been caused by the Asian tsunami disaster and that it now required the biggest relief operation ever to help the victims.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations warned  on Wednesday Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about  300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic  services by the end of the week to prevent disease.
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U.S. helicopters stepped up aid flights in tsunami-hit Indonesia Tuesday as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged rich nations to spend more on preventing natural disasters before the next one hits.
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The United Nations has received a record 1.5 billion dollars in one week in donations after the devastating tidal waves in the Indian Ocean, a UN official said.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on world nations to make a long-term commitment to rebuilding lives and communities shattered by the south Asia tsunami disaster.
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The World Bank has pledgedto allocate 250 million US dollars for relief efforts after the devastating tidal waves hit southern Asia and eastern Africa, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the world on Tuesday to learn from the killer Asian tsunami, saying spending now could limit the loss of life and damage from inevitable natural disasters.
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The earthquake and tidal wave that raced across southeast Asia to east Africa and killed thousands of people may be the costliest disaster in history, reaching billions of dollars, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said Monday.
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In an unusual move, the United Nations said Monday it will use an outside accounting firm to help track the billions of dollars pledged to help the victims of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
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Up to five million people have been left without the resources for daily life by the Indian Ocean tsunami, lacking either water, food or basic sanitation, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.
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The swift response to the Asian  tsunami prevented a second wave of deaths from disease and  malnutrition but the task of rebuilding is far from complete, a  top U.N. official said exactly one month after the cataclysm.
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The United Nations called on donors  Tuesday to set a record by meeting in full its $1.0 billion  appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, and  pledged to be open about how the money was spent.
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Damage done by Asia's tsunami gives a clearer idea of the danger climate change poses to small islands, which fear rising seas will submerge them as the world warms, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - The United Nations emerged  Saturday as a coordinator for a regional tsunami warning center  after officials from 43 nations including India, Indonesia and  Thailand failed to agree who should run it.
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The death toll from the epic tsunami that rocked 11 countries rose to 40,000 people today, and food and supplies poured into the region, part of what the UN said would be the biggest relief effort the world has ever seen.