General Assembly
Sixty-third session
Item 68 of the preliminary list*
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance

Economic and Social Council
Substantive session of 2008
Geneva, July 2008
Item 5 of the provisional agenda**
Special economic, humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance

Report of the Secretary-General***

Summary

Three and a half years after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, progress is apparent across the affected region:

We, Ministers and Special Envoys of Australia, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, Luxembourg as EU Presidency and the European Commission, met in Phuket on 29 January