A Third of UN Tsunami Relief Wasted
Charles Johnson
Mon Dec 26, 2005 at 9:14 am PST • Views: 327
One year after the tsunami disaster in the Indian Ocean, UPI reports that about a third of the relief money collected by the United Nations never reached the victims: Overheads take up to 1/3 of tsunami funds. (Hat tip: Riding Sun.)
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.
Frank says: