Meanwhile, the first major ground shipment of food aid arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday after crossing the Iranian border, a U.N. aid official said.
McGUFFIN: On land, U.N. aid convoys come under sometimes deadly attack, despite heavy guard.
Of those, 397 schools are public, 243 are run by a U.N. aid agency for refugees and 46 are private.
Iraqi Trade Minister Muhammad Mahdi al-Salih Tuesday called for U.N. aid shipments being held "in the sea" near Iraq or at Iraq's borders to be released into the country.
But U.S. and European consumer demands for a conflict-free minerals trade, congressional legislation, International Monetary Fund aid suspensions, U.N. experts' reports, responsible investors and other influential voices are making it harder to profit violently and illegally from mineral smuggling.
She pounds grain, food aid given by the U.N. to make her one daily meal.
Aid workers are hoping the U.N. will have an easier time getting the governments of the Central African Republic and Chad to open the door for better security.
Sudan has indicated it might accept a U.N. force in Darfur to aid African Union troops if a peace treaty is signed.
Western aid agencies, Chinese mining companies and U.N. peacekeepers have done their bit, but the continent's main saviors are its own people.
The U.N. and other agencies are providing aid, but as more people arrive every day, the conditions become more difficult, Duplat said.
CNN: 250,000 Somalis flee dangers of capital for sprawling camp
Or are people or aid workers saying, gosh if the U.N. would only step in, then it would make things a lot easier for us?
This can be accomplished by expanding independent pledges of humanitarian aid, enhancing participation in the existing U.N. relief and security apparatus, increasing high-level diplomatic contacts and implementing a comprehensive economic stimulation package which includes low-cost loans, grants, infrastructure development and corporate partnerships.
Although George Bush and Tony Blair have talked repeatedly of making it a "vital" one, EU nations suspect the U.S. in particular of wanting to palm off the U.N. with little more than a humanitarian aid function.
With help from U.N. agencies, the Pakistani government and other aid organizations, residents get access to medical care, children's schools and training programs to teach them how to rebuild their damaged homes if and when they get to return.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, including the creation of a peace-building commission to manage post-conflict aid and reconstruction as well as the replacement of the U.N.
Additionally, there will be opportunities to support their own charities, such as The Ray Rice Charitable Fund, which helps aid youths in the Baltimore, Md. and New Rochelle, N.
FORBES: BodyArmor SuperDrink up to Five Athlete Endorser-Investors
But the U.N. forces and Food for the Poor, among other aid groups, are still fighting to make things better.
McCurry said the goal of the multinational task force is two-fold: to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid by civilian relief organizations and repatriation of refugees by the U.N.
The U.N. said last week that "numerous obstacles" prevent humanitarian aid from reaching all those in need.
CNN: 250,000 Somalis flee dangers of capital for sprawling camp
The U.N. says more than 5 million people are in dire need of food aid in a country that is facing acute shortages of essential items, ranging from fuel and electricity to cash and food.
Looking for further hints about what this three-ring aid circus might entail, I pulled up the Web site on Tuesday of the U.N.
Speaking alongside Karzai he said the U.N was determined to implement Afghan reconstruction programs and vowed to ensure that promised international aid comes through soon.
's aid is stuck at the Kerem Shalom border crossing because the private company that drives the aid in is refusing to enter Gaza "because the situation is too dangerous, " U.N.
The U.N. plans to send a special mission, comprised of representatives from a variety of aid agencies, to the area next week to talk to community leaders, doctors and humanitarian organizations about the allegations, the spokesman said.
应用推荐