Monday, May 16, 2005

VOA News - UN to Donors: Deliver on Aid Promises to Tsunami-hit Countries

VOA News - UN to Donors: Deliver on Aid Promises to Tsunami-hit Countries: "UN to Donors: Deliver on Aid Promises to Tsunami-hit Countries
By Ron Corben
Bangkok
16 May 2005

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Indonesia, which bore the brunt of December's tsunami in the Indian Ocean, has
Kim Hak Su, executive secretary of the Economic and Social Commissions for Asia and the Pacific
begun allocating millions of dollars in aid funds for recovery projects. On Monday, at a meeting in Bangkok, a top U.N. official called on international donors to make good on their pledges of assistance to Indonesia and other countries ravaged by the tsunami.
The U.N. official, Kim Hak Su, urged contributing nations and international aid donors to stand by commitments of assistance to tsunami-hit countries. If they do not, he said, there is a risk the economic recovery of countries hit by the disaster could be undermined."

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