Former U.S. President Bill Clinton recently completed a three-country tour of the tsunami-affected region, which included Tamil Nadu, India, Phuket, Thailand, and Aceh, Indonesia. In this recent...
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton recently completed a three-country tour of the tsunami-affected region, which included Tamil Nadu, India, Phuket, Thailand, and Aceh, Indonesia. In this recent...
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New Report Stresses Need for Continuity and Sets Forth Lessons for Future Recovery Efforts New York - 21 December 2006: In a new report issued today on lessons learned in the first two years of the...
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Introduction Two years after the tsunami of December 26, 2004, there have been major achievements on the long road to recovery among the devastated communities across the Indian Ocean region. Some...
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Preface This Synthesis Report of the NGO Impact Initiative is the outcome of an international, collaborative process. In April 2006, nine U.S.-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accepted the...
By Gaurav Garg, UNICEF India Close Family Bonds Serafina is one of the 31 tsunami "orphans" in Car Nicobar. Only a few days before the tsunami occurred on December 26, her parents had left the island...
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New York - The Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery (OSE), in partnership with the World Conservation Union (IUCN), hosted a high-level gathering on September 12 to discuss IUCN's...
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for Tsunami Recovery, recently traveled to the tsunami-affected region to assess progress in the recovery effort, meet stakeholders in the process, and advance several important initiatives in which...
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Eric Schwartz, United Nations Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, looks at the special role NGOs play in enabling the reconstruction of countries affected by the tsunami... The tsunami left an...
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 31 August 2006 -- Representatives of major international organizations, non-governmental agencies, donors and the Sri Lankan government met today to examine how microfinance can...
Eric Schwartz, who serves as Deputy to Bill Clinton, the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, visited the Maldives on 28 and 29 August to assess the state of the recovery effort there. While in the...
The post-tsunami reconstruction effort in Aceh and Nias requires an intensive use of timber, straining an already limited local supply and threatening protected forests. Given scarce resources, there...
Reports Progress in Recovery in Aceh and Nias New York - 20 July: Completing a three-day visit to Banda Aceh, Indonesia on July 19, the UN Secretary General's Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami...
Over the last 18 months, the international aid community has stepped up efforts to enhance the tsunami recovery process, make it sustainable, and stimulate local ownership. Partnerships with local...
Launched in November 2005, the Temporary Shelter Plan of Action (TSPA) provided a concrete plan to move displaced populations in Aceh and Nias into temporary shelter. The plan has progressed rapidly...
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Recognizing the key role that the international NGO community has played in the humanitarian, recovery and reconstruction response to the Asia Tsunami, in April 2006, President Clinton, launched a...
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Executive Summary This report, from the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former US President Bill Clinton, documents the status of the recovery effort at 12 months. The...
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New York, 28 April 2006 - The United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former United States President Bill Clinton, today called for sustained engagement in the tsunami recovery process by...
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27 March, 2006 Bonn, Germany - Thank you very much and good afternoon. Minister Erler, thank you for your remarks and your introduction. Moderator Kausch, my friend Jan Egeland, Ladies and Gentlemen,...