SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Press Release
SG/SM/7561

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Offers United Nations Assistance to Governments of India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam

Following is text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The Secretary-General is distressed by the devastation, especially the high level of deaths and displacement, being caused by the most severe floods in decades in India, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam. He extends his condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones.

The Secretary-General reiterates the readiness of the United Nations to assist national authorities in dealing with the consequences of the floods, and calls on the international donor community to contribute generously to the efforts of the governments of these countries to assist the victims of these destructive floods.

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