UN Secretary General asks donors to fulfill pledges

NEW YORK, 6 January 2005 – UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said today that tsunami-devastated regions in Asia urgently need a billion dollars to provide water, food and shelter over the next six months.

He met with the leaders of 26 nations in Jakarta, Indonesia today to discuss how to manage the most serious natural disaster in recent history. More than three billion dollars in aid has been promised to the stricken region and Annan asked that those promises be turned into cash.

The excerpt above is taken from UNICEF.ORG

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