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Blasts UN
RECEIVED Mon., Jan. 3, 2005
Dear Editor,
A UN official claimed that the original offering of aid from the U.S. was not enough, that we were being cheap. However, the United Nations is in no position to denigrate anyone’s contribution, not even France's original offer of $130,000. It seems Kofi Annan is away on vacation at this time, and he plans to "cut it short" and return, after almost a week, to the United Nations to get relief efforts going. The United Nation’s own relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, has said it will take another "two or three days" before they get going, that, according to him, "We are doing very little at the moment." Once again, the United Nations proves to be all talk, no action, all finger-pointing, and no work.
A UN official claimed that the original offering of aid from the U.S. was not enough, that we were being cheap. However, the United Nations is in no position to denigrate anyone’s contribution, not even France's original offer of $130,000. It seems Kofi Annan is away on vacation at this time, and he plans to "cut it short" and return, after almost a week, to the United Nations to get relief efforts going. The United Nation’s own relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, has said it will take another "two or three days" before they get going, that, according to him, "We are doing very little at the moment." Once again, the United Nations proves to be all talk, no action, all finger-pointing, and no work.
Carl T. Swanson
