AUSTRALIA-PHILIPPINES-TYPHOON-RED CROSS

Corazon Alma de Leon, Secretary, Board of Governors and Chairman, Volunteer Service Committee Philippine Red Cross National Headquarters, speaks during a press conference at the bi-annual statutory meeting of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in Sydney on November 12, 2013. The press briefing was held to discuss the humanitarian impact of typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, with de Leon saying that the international response to the disaster had been "amazing", particularly as the Philippines had experienced a string of natural disasters in the past year. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)