Indeed, the experience of the donor response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December, 2004, clearly indicated that donors are capable of large scale, fast and flexible response.

In the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the international community generously contributed resources for early recovery through the flash appeal.

We were able to do this after the recent tsunami thanks to the rapid response from donors, but we should be ready to do it whenever and wherever an emergency occurs.

A number of speakers commended UNICEF for its responsiveness to the needs of women and children, especially following the tsunami disaster, including mobilization of resources and provision of immediate relief to the affected populations.

This is the largest metropolitan area disaster in decades, and it was not a natural disaster it was a disaster of engineering.

It's a catastrophe.

... and then a catastrophe happened.

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Sami's own life is a complete disaster.

Mutant Chernobyl Style

We are facing a violent crisis.

We are facing a violent crisis.

As a result, the likelihood of another disaster on the scale of Fukushima has been reduced.

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A new catastrophe befalls the Arab world.

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We face an analogous situation today.

Such contributions had to ensure that assistance programmes responded fully to the needs of beneficiary countries.

That's a tragedy for those populations, but it's also a tragedy for the people eating them because they don't know that that's toxic meat.

And yet Europe is facing a calamity.

Changes everything.

The war started as a total disaster for Romania.

The spread of disease was a major secondary disaster.

Aftermath The battle was a disaster for the Japanese.

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The African media s response to the massacres and rapes in Darfur has been equally muted.

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Positive responses from national leaders

Positive responses from some religious authorities

International terrorism requires an international response.

This situation requires an urgent response.

For Iran and its Hezbollah clients, the fall of Assad would be nothing short of a calamity one with far reaching consequences.

It is more than a tragedy it is a major disaster in every possible meaning of the word. It is a disaster unprecedented in the annals of human history.

The recent tsunami, caused by an earthquake, was an unprecedented natural disaster with extensive and devastating effects.

Promoting private insurance may seem an indirect response to the tsunami disaster, but it is a rational and powerful response.

Three draft resolutions have been submitted for action today the first on the South Asian earthquake disaster (A 60 L.18), the second on the Chernobyl disaster (A 60 L.19) and the third on the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster (A 60 L.20).

We're either going to have an absolutely unmitigated catastrophe of this oil leak in the Gulf, or we will make the moment we need out of this, as many people have noted today.

Greed, selfishness and irrationality will visit catastrophe upon us, from which those who refuse to accept a different world born of solidarity and justice will not be spared.

Fast and resolute mitigating action is needed to avoid national disaster.

The United Nations was itself born out of calamity.

In response, China s government acted almost instantly.

The response from the communities is encouraging.

The present note is in response to that request.