TSUNAMI-RELIEF AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS REMAIN PROBLEMATIC
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: December 11, 2006
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UNITED NATIONS
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RELIEF AND
REHABILITATION EFFORTS REMAIN PROBLEMATIC ONE YEAR AFTER ASIAN TSUNAMI, SAY UN EXPERTS |
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19 December 2005
The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Miloon Kothari, and the Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin, on the anniversary of the tsunami that devastated parts of South Asia, South-East Asia and Africa on 26 December 2004: One year after the Indian Ocean We are concerned that a year Although international We are concerned that the On this, the one-year anniversary · There must be increased · The concerned governments must play a more pro-active role in reconstruction efforts, especially in providing permanent housing and restoring livelihoods in an equitable manner; · There is an urgent need to develop mechanisms that ensure transparency and accountability in the disbursal of funds; that allow monitoring of all actors involved in post-disaster relief and reconstruction; that enable survivors to participate in reconstruction planning and implementation; that ensure that within resettlement areas women have equal rights to land and housing; and that provide access to grievance redressal and justice systems; · Concerted efforts must be taken to ensure that political interests do not threaten rehabilitation work, especially in conflict-ravaged areas. Survivors’ rights to dignity, gender equality, livelihood, and adequate conditions of living must be upheld and must guide all rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. This tragic anniversary also __________________________________________________________________________________________________
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