Technology has clearly had an impact on global giving for humanitarian relief efforts.

Relief efforts are ongoing as water is removed from residential areas.

Operations are now moving from relief to recovery efforts.

The SAF also helped in relief efforts during Hurricane Katrina.

Finally, donor Governments must sustain their support for the humanitarian relief efforts.

We would like to call upon readers of this appeal to help raise funds to support the relief organizations currently working in the affected areas, as well as for the extensive reconstruction efforts that will follow.

Humanitarian relief efforts in that province were winding down, while resettlement and reintegration efforts were being stepped up.

Some have urged focusing attention on bringing relief efforts to Burma instead of criticizing its government.

The Office looked forward to the efforts of both the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the donor community to meet those supplementary requirements.

That means building development components into our relief efforts, so that they may effectively put an end to dependency.

We highly commend the fast, coordinated and effective emergency relief efforts of the United Nations system.

Please remember, it's the quality of the relief assistance, not the quantity or speed that will matter.

(c) Strengthen coordination and cooperation of the national, regional and international relief efforts, to ensure effective and immediate distribution of the assistance

United Nations and other international humanitarian relief efforts must be supported.

We congratulate the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Inter Agency Standing Committee on their efforts to advance the cluster approach.

Our appreciation goes to Mr. Jan Egeland and his able colleagues for their relentless efforts over the past three weeks in mobilizing and coordinating international relief efforts and assistance to the victims of this tragedy.

Right now, the international relief efforts in Haiti are rightly focused on the country s urban areas, which suffered most in the earthquake.

In many Caribbean territories, NGOs, civil society groups, and private citizens quickly launched efforts to raise relief assistance.

8. Encourages, in this regard, all parts of the United Nations system to work together closely on the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in order to ensure a smooth transition from relief to development in Afghanistan

The Indian Ocean tsunami disaster gave further impetus to growing news coverage in recognition of the close to 1 million individuals who volunteered in support of relief efforts.

Guest at 12 noon Mr. Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean (on the current relief efforts in Central America)

The Governments and peoples of the countries affected deserve the highest praise, for they are the ones who have suffered and yet they remain at the forefront of the relief efforts.

We are pleased with the spirit of cooperation that has directed the relief efforts to date and greatly facilitated access to humanitarian aid by the people who need it.

Integrating a gender perspective in post disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, particularly in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

The bombings were an attempt to eliminate American soldiers on their way to Somalia to take part in the international famine relief effort, Operation Restore Hope.

Air Force Pave Hawks from the Pacific theater also took part in a massive humanitarian relief effort in early 2005 in Sri Lanka to help victims of the tsunami.

Over and above the immediate emergency relief efforts, we must ensure support for the medium and long term rehabilitation and reconstruction and risk reduction efforts of the Governments of the affected countries.

Let us hope that the sense of international solidarity brought on by the relief efforts is not temporary or isolated, and that our empathy for those suffering does not end at the shores of the countries affected by this disaster.

Also calls on Governments to promote and protect the full enjoyment of human rights by women, including in the context of natural disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts

After all, in a post economic crisis world of scarce public and private resources, disaster relief efforts, one might argue, should target only poorer countries and peoples.

This would entail efforts in emergency relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction that may take five to ten years, with resources that cannot be borne by any individual country.

We are pleased to have contributed financially to the relief efforts of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), attesting to our continued support for the general mandate and humanitarian work of OCHA.

Concerned that existing post disaster relief, recovery rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, including in the recent tsunami disaster, have not sufficiently addressed the gender dimensions of the situation,

The contribution of the Government has been exceeded by the generosity of the Guyanese people, who facilitated by private sector and social organizations within our country have to date mobilized more than 100,000 for the relief effort.

The Task Force assisted during the recent Indian Ocean tsunami disaster relief and rehabilitation effort by providing imagery analyses.

6. Commends the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Afghanistan Support Group for the work accomplished, as well as the Implementation Group for coordinating the rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, and encourages such coordination efforts to continue so as to facilitate the effective and efficient delivery of assistance

(b) Countries in the region engaged in the post conflict process and other countries that are involved in relief efforts and or political dialogue, as well as relevant regional and subregional organizations

3. Appeals to all Member States and all organs and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as international financial institutions and development agencies, to provide speedy support to the relief, rehabilitation and assistance effort for the affected countries

America's armed forces and emergency response specialists from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have been sent to the region to support relief efforts and are distributing aid 24 hours a day.

Welcoming the response, support and assistance of the international community in the relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, which reflect the spirit of international solidarity and cooperation in addressing the recent tsunami disaster and other disasters,

(b) Countries in the region engaged in the post conflict process and other countries that are involved in relief efforts and or political dialogue, as well as relevant regional and subregional organizations

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However, the funding provided through that channel has been steadily declining in recent years, severely hampering the relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts of disaster affected countries.

In paragraph 739, the Board recommends that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ensure that a common anti fraud and anti corruption strategy is adopted by the various United Nations agencies involved in emergency relief efforts.