Tsunami Nations Move Quickly to Rebuild: World Bank
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami  have moved quickly into the rebuilding phase, helped by an  unprecedented outpouring of aid for humanitarian relief, a  senior World Bank official said on Tuesday.
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Emergency assistance to Asian communities affected by the tsunami disaster will be needed for at least six months, the United Nations has said, warning that a full recovery would take far longer.
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The relief effort moves in fits and starts in 11 nations where infrastructure has been destroyed and disease looms. By Chris Brummitt / Associated Press.
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United Nations, Dec 31. (PTI):More than 500 million dollars, half by the World Bank, have so for been pledged to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the victims of weekend&#39;s tsunamis but the disaster
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International donors have moved with record speed to meet a near &#36;1.0 billion appeal for immediate aid to victims of Asia's tsunami, with over 70 percent already raised, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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New York - About $500m has been pledged for victims of the earthquake-tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, including a $250m commitment from the World Bank, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- World leaders meeting yesterday in the Indonesian capital promised more money, more cooperation, and a high-tech disaster early warning system in what UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called "a race against time" to save survivors of the deadly Asian tsunami and protect the region from future danger.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world pumped aid into  the tsunami zone around south Asia on Friday in a frantic race  to save millions of survivors from dehydration and disease, and  stop a terrifying death count climbing further.
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As the World Bank and International  Monetary Fund assess economic costs to South Asian governments  of the cataclysmic tsunami, the current outpouring of aid could  mean international lenders won't need to step in with new  loans, economists said on Tuesday.
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BEIJING, Dec. 29 -- International relief continues to flow into areas affected by Sunday&#39;s tsunami. The Red Cross is shifting over 100 metric tons of emergency supplies from Kenya to Sri Lanka, the country hardest hit by the tidal waves.
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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 on Tuesday chastised rich countries for not giving enough to fund global environmental protection and warned that overall progress in meeting global environmental targets was "alarmingly slow."
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to help countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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Aid agencies around the world rushed  staff, equipment and money to southern Asia where hundreds of  thousands of people were forced to flee after tsunamis pummeled  coastal communities on Sunday.
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As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund assess economic costs to South Asian governments of the cataclysmic tsunami, the current outpouring of aid could mean international lenders won't need to step in with new loans, economists said on Tuesday.
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The world's nations, generous with their aid since the Asian tsunami catastrophe, must take action to be prepared for and prevent such natural events from becoming mass killers, the U.N. emergency relief chief said Monday.
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International efforts to aid desperate  victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster are picking up  pace, said U.N. officials, who dismissed as unfair suggestions  that the response had been slow.