Posted on 01/19/2005 2:26:43 PM PST by thegreatbeast
The UN's disaster chief has outlined a 10-year plan of investment to avert a natural disaster that could be 100 times worse than the Asian tsunami.
Jan Egeland proposed diverting 10% of what is currently spent on emergency relief to tackle disaster prevention.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Would someone please inform Mr. Egeland that his 15 minutes of fame are up. He is becoming very tedious.
Oh, little man.....
I have yet to figure out how money could divert a natural disaster. Stuff sandbags with it, maybe? It always seems that the plan is simply to "get more money". Same goes with schools. "More money" will instantly solve all of the woes...
You all game to trust the UN to put this money in a "lockbox" and use the fund wisely?<<
Not me. Besides, I think it's a ridiculous thing to do. I prefer the "pay as you go" plan. I do not want any of my money going anywhere "the world" has a chance of getting it.
I'd sure contribute to a fund to prevent another Jan Egelund appearance from happening again.
Let Norway finance it.
The sky is falling , the sky is falling! But don't worry, we at the un will save you! Uh hello, hello,...is my mike still on?
Let Norway finance it.
Naw. France. They dont have as many old people to support as they used to. That extra money can fund the next Euro disaster.
Yeah, right. This is just like any state or local or school district "rainy day" fund. It always sounds good at first, but the next administration always ends up plundering it while the public's not looking. Problem is, this rainy day fund would be plundered by the current UN administration.
Jan Egeland proposed diverting 10% of what is currently spent on emergency relief to tackle disaster prevention.
Sounds more like he wants to pull a "Red Cross" and keep some of the tsunami funds for some future futile attempt in STOPPING disasters. How do you stop tsunamis?
My bet is that the UN disaster chief has himself a new New York City mistress and she wants a brownstone in the East 60s. The disaster chief needs to be able to skim some BIG bucks! These guys are all crooks!
Check please...
"diverting"...finally, something the UN excells at!
Great idea. Who knows? Someday the world might have an oil crisis. Or a food crisis.
Let's start funding a UN Oil & Food program right away!
This is not disaster warning related, it is simply another method of transferring money to civic development in third-world countries. There are already mechanisms for this.
Money is a substitute for good management............any damn fool can spend money on a problem, making good decisions is another matter.
With Oil-for-Food out of business, they need a new scam.
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