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   - Social Protection
   - Livelihood Recovery
   - Environmental
     Rehabilitation
   - Disaster Preparedness

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Press Releases

For further information on how UN agencies have contributed to the emergency relief and recovery process in Thailand , please refer to the press releases listed here in reverse chronological order.

UN: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton urges key actors to sustain and strengthen efforts at tsunami recovery (22 September 2005)

UNDP: UNDP Strengthens Tsunami Early-Warning System in Thailand
(29 July 2005)

UN: UN Messenger of Peace Vijay Amritraj to visit tsunami areas
(28 July 2005)

FAO: Tsunami recovery in Thailand: US$1 million for building back fishing and farming communities (20 July 2005)

UNDP: Soka Gakkai Thailand Joins UNDP To Empower Tsunami Affected People (05 July 2005)

UNDP: Rolls-Royce Adds Power to UNDP Thailand Tsunami Effort
(24 June 2005)

UNFPA: Six months after the tsunami: UNFPA helps restore reproductive health capacity and promotes women's rights
(24 June 2005)

UN: Six months after tsunami, UN agencies say hardest work lies ahead (23 June 2005)

FAO: Soil salinity problems are limited in tsunami affected countries: Planting could resume in many areas, but farmers are still facing other constraints (31 March 2005)

FAO: Post tsunami: Asian agricultural banks formulate strategies for reconstruction of affected fisheries and aquaculture (21 March 2005)

UNDP: Livelihoods Next Step to Tsunami Recovery in Thailand, says UNDP Official (02 March 2005)

FAO: Post-tsunami: FAO calls for extensive public participation in rebuilding coastal fishery communities (28 February 2005)

FAO: Tsunami: FAO support for poor artisan fishing and farming communities (25 January 2005)

ILO: Statement by the ILO Director-General on the response to the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean Area (05 January 2005)

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