The death toll from the tsunamis in the Indian Ocean could rise to 200,000 from the current figure of about 150,000, a United Nations (UN) official coordinating humanitarian relief has said. While the relief effort continued to make "great strides," Kevin Kennedy, director of the Coordination and Response Division of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, acknowledged it had not yet met the urgent needs of many victims. He made the forecast while outlining new UN measures in its global tsunami relief campaign to guard against improprieties like those alleged in the oil-for-food program for Iraq.

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