Livelihoods destroyed by the tsunami have not been restored.

That church was destroyed on March 10, 1750, by a lightning strike.

New settlements were being planned on the rubble of Arab villages destroyed by the occupation forces.

When wars end, countries confront a multi pronged transition.

It was a prosperous Jewish town until destroyed by fire in 352, at the end of the Jewish revolt against Gallus.

Ahmed Lababidi, 22, left the war ravaged city of Aleppo back in 2012, fleeing across the Turkish border.

However, German heavy artillery was able to ruin the key forts within a few days.

The conference was held in order to emphasize the importance of Turkish economic development, as the country had been shattered by years of war.

Use of natural resources is insufficient due to slow reconstruction of war destroyed capacity and lack of economic power.

The last time it happened, after World War II, an energized US replaced a devastated Britain.

Since 2002, when the 27 year civil war ended, the nation has worked to repair and improve ravaged infrastructure and weakened political and social institutions.

Furthermore, enormous resources were required for the ongoing rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes relating to his country's war damaged social and economic infrastructures.

The first French station, Port Martin, was built April 9, 1950 at , but it was destroyed by a fire during the night of January 22 23, 1952.

A pioneering French Antarctic research station, Port Martin, located 62 km east of D'Urville, was destroyed by fire on the night of January 23, 1952, without death or injury.

It is set in Bamyan, a province in central Afghanistan, against the backdrop of the sixth century monumental statues of standing buddhas that the Taliban destroyed in 2001.

We have to acknowledge that the task and the responsibility of the affected Governments to undertake the efforts of reconstruction and redevelopment of the areas and provinces devastated by the tsunami are far from easy.

Southeast Asia is more than just white sand beaches, temples and resorts it is also one of the most war ravaged regions of the planet.

My delegation once again reiterates the appeal made last year in this Hall by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit for the creation of a global insurance fund to assist countries devastated by natural disasters.

The Marshall Plan was a macroeconomic strategy involving massive capital transfers to help reconstruct the war ravaged industrial capacity and infrastructure of economies with well developed institutions.

It's said that something like 60 percent of the four million dollars that was taken to fund 9 11 actually passed through the institutions of the Twin Towers which 9 11 destroyed.

Apart from war ravaged regions, only Africa has so many young people some 60 of the population who are prepared to brave any danger to flee their land.

Many delegations, especially those from major refugee hosting countries, or from countries of return, devastated by years of war, faced with the needs of vast numbers of displaced persons, drew attention to the urgent need for moral and financial support from the international community.

needs of vast numbers of displaced persons, drew attention to the urgent need for moral and financial support from the international community. Some delegations observed that the situation in some countries was deteriorating, and that food supplies were critical.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is not able to support overall reconstruction of war devastated housing and infrastructure, so competent institutions, through planned and strategic activities, decide on reconstruction of the devastated residential units relevant to the return process.