Reuters AlertNet - Donors overstretched, need more coordination - UN

Reuters AlertNet - Donors overstretched, need more coordination - UN: "Donors overstretched, need more coordination - UN
12 Oct 2005 14:44:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
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By Simon Gardner

COLOMBO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Quake victims in South Asia are going without aid because the global emergency relief system is overstretched, needs better coordination and has less than half of the funds required, a top U.N. official said on Wednesday.

U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland called on the world's nations to better prepare for disasters, and appealed to Pakistan and India not to let differences over Kashm"