 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kofi Annan, panguva iyoyo Secretary-General weUnited Nations, akashandisa mutsara uyu mumusangano wake wevatori venhau pakupera kwegore musi wa 21 December 2004. Akarangarira, kuti: Hapana panikiro kuti iri rave riri gore rakaoma zvikurukuru, uye ndinonzwa ndasunungurwa kuti iri riri kusvika kumugumo. Mashoko ake akanzwisiswa nevakawanda kuti akanga achitaura nezvokupomerwa kwouori muUnited Nations Iraq Oil-for-Food Program. Akataurawo nezvokumukira uye chisimba muAfghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Palestine, uye Sudan; muitiro unopfuurira wokugadziridza womukati weUN; uye kushivirira...kutsoropodza UN uye iye pachake. Mashoko aAnnan akasvika mazuva mashanu chiitiko chakauraya zvikuru chegore uye chimwe chezvinetso zvakasikwa zvakauraya zvikuru munhau, tsunami yeIndian Ocean musi wa 26 December. 