UN Moves to Guard Against Tsunami Aid Corruption
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The United Nations is adopting new steps in its global tsunami-relief campaign to guard against improprieties like those alleged in the oil-for-food program for Iraq, U.N. officials said Monday.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has selected former President Clinton to be the U.N. point man for tsunami reconstruction and ensure that the world doesn't forget the immense needs of the countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster, a well-informed U.N. diplomat said Tuesday.
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International efforts to aid desperate  victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster are picking up  pace, said U.N. officials, who dismissed as unfair suggestions  that the response had been slow.
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The tsunami that crashed into  coastlines across southern Asia is likely to present the United  Nations with its biggest and costliest relief effort, the U.N.  emergency relief coordinator said on Monday.
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[World News]: United Nations, Dec 28 : A number of European nations and international organisations Monday began to provide aid for the Asian countries struck by powerful tsunamis.
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UNITED IN SHOCK: United Nations delegates agree to work together to better guard their people against natural disasters in wake of Asia's devastating tsunami.
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Assistance to victims of the tsunami is coming not only from international relief organizations such as the International Rescue Committee, but from the Indonesian government, U.N. agencies and the civilians and militaries of many countries.
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A U.N. internal investigative unit has found an unexpected amount of fraud and abuse at the United Nations and is currently investigating 250 cases, including alleged sexual and financial offenses.
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Global efforts to assist victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami are zeroing in on isolated parts of Sumatra where hundreds of thousands of people may still need emergency aid, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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New York - About $500m has been pledged for victims of the earthquake-tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia, including a $250m commitment from the World Bank, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, hit by a number of scandals, plans to revise its rules to better protect whistle-blowers, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.
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The United States should withhold some of its UN contributions until the world body cooperates with congressional probes of alleged corruption in the Iraqi oil-for
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The United Nations rushed disaster teams to Asian countries hit by tsunami wave devastation on Sunday as governments and aid groups sent money and rescuers to answer desperate pleas for help.
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The United Nations said that it had secured concrete aid of 717 million dollars toward its emergency relief appeal for the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, and urged donor countries to speed up delivery of further aid promises.
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The international response to a catastrophic tsunami in Asia has been quick and generous, a senior UN official said on Tuesday, playing down his earlier comments that wealthy nations were stingy.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- As relief officials struggle to reach homeless tsunami survivors, another concern is quietly making the rounds of donor meetings: the threat of corruption.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Torrential rain and a  crashed plane blocking a key airport hampered relief efforts  Tuesday, but the United Nations hailed what it called  extraordinary progress in getting aid to Asia's tsunami  victims.