Jakarta - The United Nations will be able to raise money for victims of recent natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific despite the global economic crisis, the UN's chief of humanitarian affairs, John Holmes, said Thursday. The UN on Friday launched a 38-million-dollar appeal to help Indonesia meet the needs of survivors of a major earthquake that struck West Sumatra province on September 30, and killed at least 1,117 people.
Another appeal for 74 million dollars has been for victims of deadly storms in the Philippines.
"A lot of disasters are happening simultaneously," Holmes told the German Press Agency
