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| U.N. seeks $3.9 billion for 2007 humanitarian crises |
| 2006-11-30 |
| Oh good. They're scheduling them now. Makes things much easier. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations appealed to the world's prosperous nations on Thursday for $3.9 billion in donations next year to address humanitarian emergencies touching 27 million people in 29 countries, with most of the money targeted at Africa. The annual "Reward Failure" Appeal... "These 27 million individuals seek not a handout but a hand-up, and I hope that once again we will respond -- not with pity but with practical assistance," outgoing Secretary-General Kofi Annan said, addressing his 10th and final annual appeal. Thanks, Kofi. Get get enough of those mean absolutely nothing cliche's. Here's one for you. What's in it for us? The single largest sum -- $1.2 billion -- would again go to Sudan, a vast northeast African nation where multiple civil wars have left millions homeless and hungry, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said. ...and we've seen all the progress that's been made there. The next biggest components of the 2007 appeal were the Democratic Republic of Congo, earmarked for $687 million, and the Palestinian territories, where $454 million has been requested, the office said. ...and we've seen all the progress that's been made there. For each success story, where the yearly appeals have made a difference, "there is a contrasting story where help could not be offered for lack of funds," said Annan, whose second five-year term as U.N. leader ends December 31. "For each success story". Where was that in this story? I must've missed that. Are they talking about Kojo's bank account? The $3.9 billion amounted to the cost of two cups of coffee for each citizen of the world's wealthy nations, he said. Too bad. I really like my coffee. "What shall we say when our children and grandchildren ask us, 'Why? Why did we let so many women and children die unnecessarily when we had the money, we had the knowledge and we had the tools to save them?"' Annan said. I'll tell them, "Well, kids, we had a useless, malignant, corrupt little troll named Kofi Annan in charge of the effort who accomplished very little, if anything, except for maybe making some of his corrupt cronies a lot of money." Last year's appeal sought $4.7 billion in donations but succeeded in raising just two-thirds of the goal as of the end of October, through donations from 65 governments, the U.N. office said. We gave at the office...INFIDEL! The money is channeled to recipients through U.N. agencies, private aid groups, and international and local organizations. So everybody gets a piece of the action. As in previous years, most of the 2007 aid targets Africa. As well as Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is aimed at Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Republic, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, the south-central Great Lakes region and the West Africa region. The south central Great Lakes region? Ohio? Indiana? The biggest donors for 2006 were the United States, the European Commission, Britain, the Netherlands and Japan. 31 days. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 $3.9B? I suppose there could be that much collateral damage in Iran & Syria after the hammer drops, but it's way too early to say for sure. |
| Posted by: Mark Z 2006-11-30 19:18 |
| #6 and the Palestinian territories, where $454 million has been requested Charity for genocide. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-11-30 17:54 |
| #5 Only if I can get 1.5 billion of the money. I am having a humanitarian crises. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-11-30 16:13 |
| #4 What SpecOp35 said. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2006-11-30 16:09 |
| #3 Talk to Saoodis. talk to Mullahs, they're really big on charities funding. As for US, FO. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-11-30 15:25 |
| #2 "U.N. seeks $3.9 billion for 2007 humanitarian crises" 99% of which the U |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-11-30 15:16 |
| #1 U.N. seeks $3.9 billion for 2007 humanitarian crises seems like they've been doing fine causing humanitarian crises for a lot less than that... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-30 15:11 |