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[December 31, 2004 - 7.30 GMT]
Annan said that a ‘flash appeal’ would be made on January 6 to all governments with a capacity to contribute to the emergency and a second pledging conference on January 11. “Our appeal is not limited to any group of countries. We will be reaching out and pleading with everybody; governments -- and individuals,” the UN Secretary General said. UN relief teams assisting Asia’s tsunami victims have appealed for an initial sum of $US130 million to jumpstart its relief efforts and said more would be required soon. The
UN has already pledged $US70 million to Sri Lanka, $US40 million to
Indonesia and $US20 million to the Maldive islands.
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Secretary General Kofi Annan cut short his Christmas holidays and returned
yesterday to the UN Headquarters in New York and convened an emergency
meeting to oversee UN tsunami relief operations.
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