2 Feb 2006
Siddamma addressed the UN today as part of the presentation
leading to the report "Tsunami
Response: A Human Rights Assessment". The report has been prepared by
Miloon Kothari, the Commission's Special Rapporteur on adequate housing.
The report was prepared by three international aid groups:
ActionAid International, Johannesburg; PDHRE, People's Movement for Human
Rights Learning, New York City; and Habitat International Coalition, New Delhi.
UN
news report.
The briefing of the UN was followed by a press conference with BBC
to explain about her work and the experiences of people affected by the
Tsunami.
Siddamma has been working in collaboration with ActionAid to
rehabilitate Tsunami victims in Tiruvallur.
Other related articles:
Tsunami-affected
countries need to do even more to protect rights of victims: UN, 1 Mar 2006
(UN)
UN
official calls for affected communities to have more say in tsunami recovery,
27 Feb 2006 (UN)
Press
conference on tsunami response: ‘A
human rights assessment’,1 Feb 2006’ (UN)