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UN begins delivery of tsunami relief supplies
 Rear Adm. William Crowder, commander of the USS Abraham Lincoln, dismissed fears that the U.S. military is ending its relief effort for tsunami victims too soon, as a U.N. agency delivered aid on its own for the first time Sunday - a sign of civilian groups preparing to fill the gap as militaries pull out. On Sunday, a 400-ton landing vessel carrying World Food Program aid was due to arrive in Sumatra's coastal Calang city, said program spokesman Gerald Bourke _ the first time the U.N. agency has used its own ship to deliver aid in the disaster. Posted by: Seafarious 2005-01-24 |
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