Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (R) greets UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets US Secretary of State Colin Powell at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming) Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets Australian Prime Minister John Howard at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries. (Xinhua Photo/Tao Ming)

    JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Thursday called for global cooperation to cope with the Dec. 26 earthquake-tsunami natural disaster which has killed over 90,000 people in his country.

    "Many today are in danger of dying of diseases and the death toll must not be allowed to rise any further," the president told the Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami which opened here Thursday morning.

    Susilo said: "Today we confer on the aftermath of natural disaster that left more than 150,000 dead 12 days after the disaster. The death toll in the region keeps rising -- the most destructive disaster in living memory."

    He told participants at the meeting that "the eruption of Mount Krakatau killed more than 36,000 people and I remembered in my school days with astonishment...

    "My generation face a natural disaster so great and it would inflict human casualties three times that of Krakatau, high toll among children."

    Susilo said his government and the world community have responded vigorously with more than 30 countries having contributed to help with fund, logistical resources, food medicineand other assistance.

    Despite all tremendous efforts, yet more needs to be done, saidthe president.

    "We need to do them very urgently and we need to do them collaboratively."

    Susilo said he took a helicopter ride above Aceh and Meulaboh, a distance of about 240 km, to see communities and villages along the coastlines flattened to the ground with no visible signs of life.

    "Our response to this unprecedented catastrophe must be equally unprecedented so that it can immediately put an end to the human suffering and misery that came after," he added.

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