Spoetnik
06-01-05, 14:29
About $1 billion is needed immediately to cover humanitarian emergency needs for five million tsunami disaster survivors over the next six months, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.
Launching an appeal at a world summit in Jakarta, Annan said the 26 December catastrophe had likely killed more than 150,000 people and was the worst natural disaster the United Nations had ever had to respond to.
The UN chief said the figure of $977 million would provide for an immediate "focused set of programmes" that the UN and affected nations had agreed on.
"We must set the stage for efforts in the longer term, as we move from saving lives to recovery and reconstruction," he said.
He acknowledged that the pledges of billions of dollars from governments around the world had already far exceeded the money needed for the initial appeal.
But he urged all nations to quickly turn their pledges into cash and remain committed for the long term.
"Many of the pledges have come to us in cash and in kind. We need the rest of the pledges to be converted into cash quickly," he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E895D6B2-4160-48C4-BADF-936F80F407CF.htm
Hmm.. blijkbaar zijn al die genereuze uitspraken nog niet omgezet in geld.
Maar dat wisten we toch al? Het Westen heeft een grote mond.
Launching an appeal at a world summit in Jakarta, Annan said the 26 December catastrophe had likely killed more than 150,000 people and was the worst natural disaster the United Nations had ever had to respond to.
The UN chief said the figure of $977 million would provide for an immediate "focused set of programmes" that the UN and affected nations had agreed on.
"We must set the stage for efforts in the longer term, as we move from saving lives to recovery and reconstruction," he said.
He acknowledged that the pledges of billions of dollars from governments around the world had already far exceeded the money needed for the initial appeal.
But he urged all nations to quickly turn their pledges into cash and remain committed for the long term.
"Many of the pledges have come to us in cash and in kind. We need the rest of the pledges to be converted into cash quickly," he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E895D6B2-4160-48C4-BADF-936F80F407CF.htm
Hmm.. blijkbaar zijn al die genereuze uitspraken nog niet omgezet in geld.
Maar dat wisten we toch al? Het Westen heeft een grote mond.