Re: Bush accused of undermining the UN with aid coalition

From: Gactimus (gactimus_at_xrs.net)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:50:55 -0600

"Joe" <mersenne@canada.com> wrote in news:33jid4F400kgvU1@individual.net:

> "Gactimus" <gactimus@xrs.net> escribió en el mensaje
> news:YuSdna4Ut__vFkncRVn-pw@rcn.net...
>
>> http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3944374
>>
>> United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to
>> undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to
>> coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.
>>
>> The president has announced that the US, Japan, India and Australia
>> would coordinate the world's response.
>>
>> But former International Development Secretary Clare Short said that
>> role should be left to the UN.
>>
>> "I think this initiative from America to set up four countries
>> claiming to coordinate sounds like yet another attempt to undermine
>> the UN when it is the best system we have got and the one that needs
>> building up," she said.
>>
>> "Only really the UN can do that job," she told BBC Radio Four's PM
>> programme.
>>
>> "It is the only body that has the moral authority. But it can only do
>> it well if it is backed up by the authority of the great powers."
>>
>> Ms Short said the coalition countries did not have good records on
>> responding to international disasters.
>>
>> She said the US was "very bad at coordinating with anyone" and India
>> had its own problems to deal with.
>>
>> "I don't know what that is about but it sounds very much, I am afraid,
>> like the US trying to have a separate operation and not work with the
>> rest of the world through the UN system," she added.
>>
>> -----------
>>
>> In your dreams, UN. As if the United States is going to trust you with
>> such
>> a task after the oil-for-food scandal and your refusal to investigate
>> it.
>
> Yes, war-for-oil is much better than oil-for-food.

What war for oil?

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