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Annan selects Clinton for tsunami effort
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-02 02:07
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan has selected former President
Clinton to be the U.N. point man for tsunami reconstruction and ensure that the
world doesn't forget the immense needs of the countries devastated by the Dec.
26 disaster, a well-informed U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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| In this photo released by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and former President
Bill Clinton flank their daughter Chelsea Clinton as
she shakes hands with cast members backstage at BAM after the Theatre
Royal Baths final performance of 'As You Like It,' Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005,
in New York. [AP] | U.N. spokesman Fred
Eckhard refused to confirm the appointment but said "a statement will be
released on the subject by my office in the next few hours."
The U.N. diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the appointment
of Clinton as Annan's top envoy for the rehabilitation of tsunami-devastated
countries would expand on the former president's current efforts to raise money
in the United States.
Soon after the disaster, President Bush named Clinton and his father,
President George H.W. Bush, to head a nationwide private fund-raising effort to
help countries devastated by the deadly wall of water that killed more than
157,000 people and displaced millions of others.
The two ex-presidents have been traveling throughout the country raising
money and Bush said last week they hope to go to the tsunami-ravaged Indian
Ocean region to illustrate the need for continued financial help from Americans
to rebuild the area. He didn't say when.
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