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26 Oct 2002

Greece
Athens factory to pay 1.1 million euros to quake victims

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ATHENS, Oct 26 (AFP) - A Greek court said on Saturday it had ordered the owners of a factory that collapsed and killed 39 employees during a 1999 earthquake to pay 1.1 million euros (dollars) in damages to the victims' families.

The court said the owners of the Ricomex plant showed "extreme negligence in the factory's construction and maintenance".

The damages will go to the relatives of 16 victims who took legal action and to a survivor, who will receive 250,000 euros (dollars).

Ricomex employees, who feared the damages

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16 Aug 2002

Turkey + 1 other
Turkey/Greece - Emergency response to disasters: Report of the Secretary-General (A/57/320)

Report
— UN General Assembly
Fifty-seventh session
Item 21 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Strengthening of the coordination of emergency
humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Emergency response to disasters
Report of the Secretary-General**

Summary

Following the devastating earthquakes that hit Greece and Turkey in 1999, the Governments of the two countries agreed to establish cooperation in disaster response. In November 2001, Greece and Turkey signed a bilateral protocol to establish a joint standby disaster response unit comprising personnel drawn from governmental and

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