Americans and French fall short in giving to tsunami relief
The Guardian reported that "Western nations
lauded for their generosity following the south east Asian tsunami disaster are
failing to honour pledges of aid, leaving shortfalls of millions of pounds in
the recovery programme."
The Guardian says "the United Nations
humanitarian appeal is still underfunded by a third, with just $723 million
received out of a total of nearly $1 billion originally demanded and pledged."
An Oxfam report to be published this week will "attack western governments for
refusing to push ahead with debt and trade reforms that would free
reconstruction money for the
region."
The Guardian published the following table of private donations per capita made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. The people of Norway were nearly 30 times more generous than the people of the United States.
The Guardian published the following table of private donations per capita made to the tsunami appeal in the first 15 days. The people of Norway were nearly 30 times more generous than the people of the United States.
Posted: Sunday - January 16, 2005 at 03:23 AM
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