Brussels, 30/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Following the mass offers of aid to Iran from the international community and the arrival of teams at top speed to seek out and care for victims of the Bam earthquake, the time has come to coordinate relief efforts. To date the earthquake is estimated to have killed some 30,000 people (see yesterday's Europe, p.6).
The European Union reacted immediately to the call for aid from the Iranian authorities by allocating EUR 2.3 million to address the most...