NEWS RELEASES
December 31, 2004 (3:15 p.m.)
No. 158
REMINDER:
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA CRISIS:
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE
Foreign Affairs Canada urges Canadians to contact the Emergency Operations Centre
in order to gather as much information as possible on Canadians currently in the areas
affected by the tsunamis.
The Emergency Operations Centre helps Canadians trying to reach relatives or friends
in the affected areas. Agents of the Emergency Operations Centre can be reached in
Ottawa at (613) 944-2471, or toll-free from elsewhere in Canada at 1 800 606-5499.
Canadians in the affected areas who wish to report on their safety should immediately
contact the nearest consular office.
We also invite people to visit Foreign Affairs’ Consular Affairs Web site at
http://www.voyage.gc.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Media Relations Office
Foreign Affairs Canada and International Trade Canada
(613) 995-1874
http://www.international.gc.ca
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