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Afghanistan-Pak-India
UNHCR considering leaving
2005-11-02
At least one United Nations relief agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is considering packing up and leaving if it doesn't get the $30 million needed to manage relief camps in November. "The organisation is operating on borrowed money from other relief agencies," UNHCR Communications Manager Vivan Tan told Daily Times. She said UNHCR had utilised $15 million of the borrowed money and had received only $4 million out of the $30 million required. "We will try and pull through as long as possible, another two to three weeks, but after that we will have no other choice," she added.

UNHCR is looking after the most vital area of relief, camp management, in earthquake-affected areas. "We see more and more people coming down from the hills for help but there is little we can offer them at the moment," said the spokesperson. The UN has asked for around 600,000 tents to accommodate earthquake survivors but has received only 140,000 tents, with 200,000 more in the pipeline.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Sorry mate, we're simply fresh out of piss away money.
Posted by: Nosympathy   2005-11-02 14:37  

#5  Considering leaving? DOn't let the door hit you in the arrears on the way out...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-11-02 14:29  

#4  If this is a threat, it...ain't working.
Sorry folks. The dog ate my checkbook.
Posted by: tu3031   2005-11-02 09:05  

#3  All those first class tickets, five star hotels, first line vehicle transportation, just start to add up after a while. Considering a grunt on the ground [no air in the hootch or in the vehicle - no hot showers or meals everyday - no opportunity to leave when they feel like it] in Iraq is actually doing more for the future of the ME than these self-important possers, yes please get the hell out of Dodge cause there are people actually capable of doing the job. By the way, how many air cargo craft does the UN own? What's the tonnage of sea shipping does the secretariat command? Isn't the UNHCR just one major level of bureaucracy that is in the end dependent upon others to do the work anyway? Give another organization an opportunity to fill your abandoned position and demonstrate it can do it cheaper, faster, and more effectively and you'll be out of business. Faster, faster.
Posted by: Thrins Chosing7388   2005-11-02 08:55  

#2  Take whatever you need out of the operating funds for the UN Secretariat, the ICJ, General Assembly, and UNSC. They aren't doing anything constructive with the money. Kofi will be happy to take a hit personally, I'm sure, right Mr SecGen?

Assholes.
Posted by: .com   2005-11-02 01:30  

#1  Packing up and leaving Pakiwakiland or NYNY?
Posted by: 3dc   2005-11-02 00:04  

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