UN Tsunami Funds Misspent
Posted by Andy on December 26th, 2005
Shocking as it is to hear, the UN blew a large portion of the money it was given to help Tsunami victims on itself.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Up to about a third of the $590 million U.N. fund spent for the Indian Ocean tsunami relief may have gone to pay for overhead.
The Financial Times says its two-month investigation showed the money appears to have been spent on administration, staff and related costs. The $590 million was part of the United Nation’s $1.1 billion disaster flash appeal.
The newspaper also found several U.N. agencies continue to refuse to disclose details of their relief expenditure in spite of earlier pledges of transparency by senior officials.
The flash appeal covered the money donated by governments to the world body in the first weeks after the disaster to fund the early aid work, the Times reported.
The newspaper said details of that appeal it obtained from U.N. agencies such as the World Health Organization and the World Food Program showed 18 percent to 32 percent of the expenditure related to staff, administration and other costs.
So all that about 5-Star hotels and restaurants for UN workers is true?
Gee, I am flabbergasted that the UN would be corrupt. I mean they have had a sparkling history of being the most trustworthy agency in the World. Next thing you know, the Hollywood fundraisers will have wasted a bunch of money on limos and Pierre rather than caring for the victims.
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