Annan Urges Spending to Limit Deaths in Disasters
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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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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan  called on world leaders to honor their pledge of $3.0 billion  to help tsunami victims and rebuild the stricken Asian region.
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The world must act against natural disasters as well as climate change , the United Nations says.
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New York (VNA) - Efforts to overcome the aftermath of the quake and subsequent tsunami in South and Southeast Asia need a close coordination of global emergency relief, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said at a press briefing in New York on
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United Nations: Half a billion dollars in assistance has been promised or delivered for tsunami victims around the Indian Ocean, UN chief Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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The bombing that wrecked U.N. offices in Baghdad and snatched away 22 colleagues a year ago was agony for the United Nations but terrorist threats won't deter it from helping the victims of conflict, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday at a memorial.
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UNITED NATIONS (CP) - Haiti and Grenada need $59 million US in humanitarian aid immediately to cope with the destruction wrought by hurricanes last month, the top UN relief official said Friday.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to work  more closely to help victims of the worst natural disaster in  living memory and experts warned more carnage from the Indian  Ocean tsunami may be uncovered and the death toll will climb.
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UN member states must concentrate on mounting âcollective responsesâ to world crises, Secretary General Kofi Annan urged today.
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U.N. relief officials warned Monday that people affected by the south Asia earthquake and tsunami may be dying of hunger and disease because wrecked roads and bad communications are blocking the distribution of supplies.
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United Nations experts called on governments around the world to build early-warning systems that can cut death tolls from natural disasters like the Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed nearly 40,000.
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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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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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The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for 130 million dollars to jumpstart its relief effort after the tsunami disaster and said more would be required soon.
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World leaders vowed on Thursday to help  the victims of the most wide-reaching natural disaster in  living memory and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan declared  they were in a "race against time."
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Kofi Annan willl seek $1.5bn to deal with what the UN calls the world's forgotten emergencies, many in Africa.