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  • UN chief to oversee tsunami relief

    12/30/2004 9:14:19 AM PST · by Ginifer · 43 replies · 774+ views
    www.abc.net.au ^ | December 30, 2004 | SA
    United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has cut short his holiday and is returning to his New York headquarters to oversee the UN's relief exercise for Indian Ocean tsunami victims. Mr Annan will meet tonight with the UN official directly responsible for coordinating the relief, Jan Egeland. Mr Annan's spokesman says that over the past two days, the UN boss has spoken by phone with leaders of countries hard hit by the disaster, not just to offer condolences but to find out what they need most urgently. The Red Cross has put the overall death toll at almost 78,000 people, and...