Annan Offers Bush U.N. Disaster Guidance (ahahaha)

[SoCalDem]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050903/ap_on_go_pr_wh/un_katrina


Annan Offers Bush U.N. Disaster Guidance By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
17 minutes ago



UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Kofi Annan told President Bush on Friday that a U.N. task force was already at work in anticipation of U.S. requests for assistance and expertise in dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
At its first meeting, the task force determined that U.N. agencies are ready to provide to provide water storage tanks, water purification tablets, high energy biscuits, generators, planes, tents and other emergency supplies as well as experienced staff members, said U.N. deputy spokeswoman Marie Okabe.

The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs known as OCHA, which is chairing the task force, also sent out an alert to U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination teams which are trained to evaluate needs and coordinate aid during natural disasters, she said.

There are over 100 of these highly trained experts who specialize on a wide range of issues from flooding to earthquakes and health crises. Five teams helped in the Indian Ocean area with last December's tsunami.

Annan issued a statement Thursday offering the United States "any assistance that the United Nations can give," saying it could "supplement the American response with supplies from other countries, or with experience we have gained in other relief operations."

On Friday morning, Annan spoke to Bush "and expressed his heartfelt sympathy with the victims and reiterated his offer of U.N. assistance," Okabe said.
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[Miss Chybil]

1. When is Bush going to accept the help we need? nt

[DemBones DemBones]

2. Not until a good many more poor people die. nt

[rocktivity]

3. Take that, John Bolton!

:headbang:
rocknation

[applegrove]

4. Anan must be seething.

[me b zola]

5. I'll bet he is...

Along with the rest of us :grr:

[truthisfreedom]

7. i believe Anan is smiling inside, reading this article. i think he got a

jab in and bushco can't do anything about it. two jabs. sharp ones to the soft flaccid belly of the power-drunk neocons.

[applegrove]

8. I don't think most people find it funny.

[SoCalDem]

9. Not "ha-ha" funny..more ironic 'funny'

The UN has a long history of going into disaster areas. The so-called 'scandals' are way less disturbing to me than the looting of the US treasury, combined with the total ineptitude that is now costing actual lives..

[Giant Robot]

6. No thanks UN

Bush is good at creating disasters all on his own.