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CLASS="bodytext"> <!-- #BeginEditable "text" -->La F&eacute;d&eacute;ration                internationale des Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s de la Croix-Rouge et du                Croissant-Rouge a lanc&eacute; aujourd'hui un appel de 581 000 francs                suisses afin de fournir une assistance &agrave; quelque 8000 sans-abri                victimes de l'effondrement, mardi 4 juin, d'un barrage en Syrie.<br>               <br>               Ces secours seront canalis&eacute;s par le Croissant-Rouge syrien                qui s'est imm&eacute;diatement mobilis&eacute; apr&egrave;s la catastrophe.                Le barrage de Zeyzoun se dressait sur la rivi&egrave;re Orontes                pr&egrave;s de la ville de Hamah, &agrave; environ 380 km au nord                de la capitale Damas.<br>               <br>               &quot;Nous avons exp&eacute;di&eacute; sur place un millier de colis                alimentaires, 200 tentes, 500 couvertures et une centaine d'assortiments                d'ustensiles de cuisine pr&eacute;lev&eacute;s dans nos stocks &agrave;                Damas&quot;, rapporte Abdoul Rahaman Al Attar, pr&eacute;sident                de la Soci&eacute;t&eacute; nationale du Croissant-Rouge. Celle-ci                a &eacute;galement d&eacute;ploy&eacute; des &eacute;quipes d'intervention                d'urgence et d'&eacute;valuation depuis les villes d'Idlib et de                Hamah, situ&eacute;es respectivement &agrave; 30 et 80 km des lieux                de la catastrophe.<br>               <br>               De son c&ocirc;t&eacute;, la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration internationale                a d&eacute;p&ecirc;ch&eacute; trois sp&eacute;cialistes des secours                pour &eacute;pauler les &eacute;quipes d'&eacute;valuation du Croissant-Rouge                syrien et d&eacute;bloqu&eacute; 120 000 francs suisses de son Fonds                pour les secours d'urgence afin de r&eacute;pondre aux besoins les                plus pressants.<br>               <br>               Six villages ont &eacute;t&eacute; touch&eacute;s par l'accident                qui a affect&eacute; une superficie d'une soixantaine de km2 et                fait au moins dix morts.<br>               <!-- #EndEditable --></FONT></p>                          <p><FONT CLASS="small"><BR>               <BR>               <!-- #BeginEditable "contacts" --><b>Pour tout compl&eacute;ment                d'information, ou pour des interviews, s'adresser &agrave;:<br>               <br>               </b>Denis McClean, Chef, Service de Presse - T&eacute;l : + 41 22                730 4428 / + 41 79 217 33 57<!-- #EndEditable --></FONT></p>             <p><FONT CLASS="small"> Ensemble, la F&eacute;d&eacute;ration, les                Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s nationales et le Comit&eacute; international                de la Croix-Rouge constituent le Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge                et du Croissant-Rouge. Pour plus d'information, nous vous invitons                &agrave; consulter notre site Internet: www.ifrc.org/fr/<BR>               </FONT></p>             <FONT CLASS="small">              <HR>             &copy; 2003 F&eacute;d&eacute;ration international des Soci&eacute;t&eacute;s              de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge</FONT> </TD>         </TR>                        <tr>            <td><img src="/common/images/one_px_FFFFFF.gif" width="150" height="1" border="0"></td>           <td><img src="/common/images/one_px_FFFFFF.gif" width="250" height="1" border="0"></td>                    </tr>       </table>       <!-- end text content table --> </TD>   </TR>   <!-- begin bottom enclosing bar area --> <TR>     <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><IMG SRC="/fr/common/images/news_images/bottom_gold_left.gif" WIDTH="170" HEIGHT="31" BORDER="0"></TD>      <TD BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><IMG SRC="/fr/common/images/one_px_FFFFFF.gif" WIDTH="441" HEIGHT="31" BORDER="0"></TD>   </TR>  <TR>     <TD BGCOLOR="#FFCC33" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="RIGHT" COLSPAN="2"><IMG SRC="/fr/common/images/news_images/one_px_FFCC33.gif" WIDTH="611" HEIGHT="11" BORDER="0"></TD>   </TR>  <TR>     <TD BGCOLOR="#999999" VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3"><IMG SRC="/fr/common/images/one_px_999999.gif" WIDTH="720" HEIGHT="14" BORDER="0"></TD>   </TR>   <!-- end bottom enclosing bar area -->  </TABLE> <!-- end table which contains entire design -->  </BODY> <!-- #EndTemplate --></HTML> 
