UN Tsunami Recovery Envoy Bill Clinton Urges Protection of Marginalized Communities
New York, Oct 27 2005 7:00PM
The United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, former United States President Bill Clinton, today held a series
of meetings in New York to underscore the importance of restoring livelihoods and protecting marginalized communities in
countries devastated in the Indian Ocean region last December.
He met with senior representatives of the UN, World Bank, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and private sector
companies in an effort to tackle the challenges facing the tsunami-affected countries, UN Spokesman Stephane Dujarric
said.
Among those with whom Mr. Clinton discussed problems and solutions were the UN's Special Representative on the Human
Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Walter Kalin.
The UN Resident Coordinator for Indonesia, Bo Asplund, briefed President Clinton on the conditions endured by the
hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in temporary shelters in Aceh, Indonesia, Mr. Dujarric said.
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