:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Monday, October 17, 2005 ::

Aid 'too little too late'

Thousands are being sentenced to death because help given by world leaders to deal with natural disasters is "too little, too late", charity Oxfam says.

Its paper "2005: Year of Disasters" suggests that the level of aid depends on the publicity given to a tragedy.

The responses to Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Darfur and southern Africa were inadequate, it said.

Oxfam wants to see the setting up of a multi-million pound UN fund to speed up the aid process.

:: Jim Nichols 10/17/2005 10:23:00 PM [+] ::
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