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Thursday, January 6, 2005
(Jakarta):
Leaders from 26 nations and humanitarian organisations are
meeting in Jakarta today at a global donor conference, to
deal with Asia's tsunami crisis.
The meet will coordinate the massive reconstruction needed to
rebuild the shattered lives of millions of people in six
badly hit nations.
Indonesia has been the worst hit with two-third of the
casualty figures coming from this nation.
And now the country has pinned its hopes on the summit,
hoping that the world leaders agree to set up an Indian ocean
tsunami warning system, the presence of which could have
saved thousands of lives.
The Pacific Ocean has one such warning system.
Humanitarian efforts
The world has now pledged over $3 billion in aid, with tonnes
of emergency food supplies, medicines, clean water and other
relief material pouring into areas that were hit by the
killer waves.
This humanitarian relief operation is the biggest such effort
since World War II.
"We will make generously all the efforts that are needed.
There are reserve, very important reserve, financial reserve
on the side of the European Union," said Louis Michel, EC for
Development and Assistance.
Stumbling blocks
But the United Nations says that the lack of trucks,
aircrafts, boats, warehouses and operating airstrips were
holding up relief operations in the affected countries.
The UN has also urged the leaders at the summit to ensure
that the aid funds last for a long-term reconstruction and
are not exhausted in short term programmes.
(With PTI inputs)
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