Meanwhile, civil war is raging in Syria, accompanied by a humanitarian catastrophe.

The event featured the showing of an award winning documentary film on the health situation in the Chernobyl affected territories and speeches from Chernobyl related charities.

The Great Leap ended in catastrophe, resulting in tens of millions of deaths.

On recommendations relating to the Indian Ocean tsunami relief efforts, several initiatives have been launched and or are already in the pipeline. These include the establishment of surge capacity training in tsunami affected countries.

Of course, this is by no means a complete list, but each of those issues includes elements with the potential for causing a major disaster.

Draft common statement of the Special Session on the Indian Ocean Disaster Risk Reduction for a Safer Future

Failure to reach global agreement would condemn all to collective disaster.

As is happening the world over, the people of Australia are expressing their sympathy and their support for those affected by the tsunami disaster.

At the same time, history has shown that the development of science and technology, if not properly guided, can itself bring disaster to human beings.

If Iran gains nuclear weapons, it may, like Nazi Germany before it, be engulfed by murderous folly, threatening disaster for Israel.

Today's debate is based on several reports from the Secretary General, including one on sub item (c), concerning the Chernobyl disaster (A 60 443).

The army marched on Cairo but was cut off by flooding of the Nile and the campaign ended in disaster with Pelagio forced to surrender with what remained of his army.

However, UNHCR was available to provide such assistance where its expertise was useful, and it had been cooperating with the Government of Indonesia in the tsunami affected areas.

The three country studies have yielded a concise list of questions to which the Chernobyl affected populations need unambiguous answers.

The State and Government agencies of Belarus are prepared to engage in active cooperation with the organizations and agencies of the United Nations system on Chernobyl issues.

It was suggested that targets in sub Saharan Africa should be met without decreasing the emphasis on countries affected by the Indian Ocean tsunami.

Moderate Israeli citizens, who had nothing to do with the flotilla fiasco, should lower their heads in shame for their government s act.

It supported an information provision system aimed at the development and dissemination of information materials according to the needs of various stakeholders and target groups in Chernobyl affected areas.

UNICEF was uniquely placed to address transition, as it was often present before, during and after a crisis situation, as in the Sudan and the tsunami affected countries.

In the December 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka had experienced a natural disaster, incurring loss of life and property of unprecedented magnitude.

Following the tsunami that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004, the Executive Director of UNEP set up an Asian Tsunami Disaster Task Force.

It is that we can't always know. When we know of an impending disaster, and how to solve it at a cost less than the cost of the disaster itself, then there's not going to be much argument, really.

Such a meeting could call attention to the continuing needs of the region by designating the period from 2006 to 2016 as the decade of rehabilitation and recovery of Chernobyl affected areas .

Rising oil prices, unforeseen tsunami related expenditures and revenue shortfalls from the tourism sector are creating significant, alarmingly intense fiscal pressures.

For its part, the Department has committed resources to ensuring regular and timely multimedia coverage of the international humanitarian and recovery efforts in the countries affected by the tsunami.

BIRMINGHAM The dramatic events that unfolded at Japan s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after last year s tsunami are commonly referred to as the Fukushima disaster.

In keeping with the new developmental approach to Chernobyl, it is important that commemorative events are forward looking and focus on identifying solutions to the challenges that Chernobyl affected communities face.

The analysis of annual reports for 2004, to be carried out by the Division of Communications, has been delayed owing to emergency activity related to the Asian tsunami but should be completed by the end of July 2005.

Other actions could be initiated through UNICEF, UNESCO and other bodies, agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system to support disaster affected children particularly those who have been orphaned with the aim of promoting their physical and mental development.

The Kahoku Shimpo found that 1,074 of 1,100 (or nearly 98 per cent) of schools in three prefectures affected by the March 2011 disaster had been reopened by December 2016.

Welcoming also the appointment by the Secretary General of a Special Coordinator to coordinate international emergency relief operations in support of national emergency programmes of countries affected by the tsunami disaster and covered by the flash appeal,

To the contrary, we believe that this situation portends a veritable catastrophe with dire consequences for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, for the region and for the world, and that it could undermine a final two State solution.

In the light of this, I would like to appeal to the United Nations, the international community and our friends to continue to support measures to resolve the conflicts that have plagued the subregion for so long and diverted scarce resources and energy from development.

In Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, surveys and focus group meetings, involving thousands of people in each country, were held in 2003 2004 to assess the information needs of Chernobyl affected populations.

Mr. Guterres (Timor Leste) We welcome the convening of this meeting at the fifty ninth session of the General Assembly to discuss issues related to the tsunami disaster that occurred in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.

From the Indian Ocean tsunami to the crises in Darfur and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, recent months have provided eloquent testimony to the ever growing range and scale of demands being placed on the international humanitarian response system.

333) and plans to conduct feasibility evaluation for possible common premises and services in tsunami affected countries.

Shortages of fuel have re surfaced in Gaza most of Gaza has no electricity and even more importantly, the shortage of medicine in Palestinian hospitals continues to increase, with the Ministry of Health reporting a looming humanitarian catastrophe.

For instance, within days of the launch of the UN News Centre's special page on the tsunami disaster, links to it appeared on a variety of web sites, from The Guardian newspaper (United Kingdom) to AcademicInfo.net and the Science and Development Network (ScieDev.net).

The commemorative events are meant to be complementary, so the Belarus conference will focus on the rehabilitation and socio economic development of Chernobyl affected territories, while the Ukraine conference will cover the issues of decommissioning the Chernobyl nuclear plant and the safety of the sarcophagus.

The Officer in Charge of UNCTAD expressed the secretariat's deepest sympathy to the Governments and the peoples of the countries affected by the tsunami disaster, as well as UNCTAD's determination to assist relief and reconstruction efforts in any way possible, within the purview of its work.

He noted that from the Indian Ocean tsunami to the crises in Darfur and the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, recent months had shown the ever growing range and scale of demands being placed on the international humanitarian response system.

Mr. Talbot (Guyana) My delegation takes this opportunity to extend condolences on behalf of the Government and people of Guyana to the countries in Asia and Africa affected by the tsunami disaster of 26 December and to the countries of other regions whose nationals perished in the tsunami tide.

Welcoming the Hyogo Declaration, the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 2015 Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, and the common statement of the Special Session on the Indian Ocean disaster risk reduction for a safer future, as adopted by the World Conference,

President Bush has asked that Americans not play politics at this moment of terrible national disaster. But asking hard questions of our nation s leaders is exactly what democracy demands when the government s response to Hurricane Katrina is widely viewed as a national disgrace.