We have received zero pledges for this appeal,

We have to date received no pledges.

The most important and urgent appeal we have to make is for an immediate cease-fire. Initial reports from the cease-fire talks being held in N'Djamena in Chad are not very encouraging.

I would like to appeal to those countries who have made pledges in Madrid to implement them as quickly as possible and to new donors to contribute to the fund,

I think it would be a massive undertaking to actually have a full-fledged tsunami warning system that would really be effective in many of these places,

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.