UN Flailing

While the UN convenes, the Malasian navy delivers relief.

“If we wait for the UN to tell us what to do, we wouldn’t do anything,” said Abdul Hadi bin e Rashid, first admiral of the Malaysian navy at the country’s operations tent at Banda Aceh airport.

Michael Elmquist, head of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Assistance in Indonesia, admitted the UN’s response had encountered difficulties, but added it was poised to accelerate rapidly.

“In Banda Aceh, it has been very difficult to establish a well- co-ordinated relief operation,” he said.

Mr Elmquist attributed the delays to five key factors: the sheer destruction and number of people killed, including three of the UN’s nine local staff; lack of telecommunications in the early days; a lack of truck drivers and fuel; the obliteration of the local government; and Aceh’s troubled history.

Maybe, next catastrophic disaster, before the UN starts complaining about the US slighting them, they should make sure that they are up for the job.

Photo of author
Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016. In 2023, The Gateway Pundit received the Most Trusted Print Media Award at the American Liberty Awards.

You can email Jim Hoft here, and read more of Jim Hoft's articles here.

 

Thanks for sharing!