Slow disbursement of development aid to crisis-stricken Afghanistan, Western Donors

U.N. Threatens to Go to Bill Gates with Begging Bowl?

By Editor
Wednesday, July 1, 2009

United Nations , 01 July, (IPS): The United Nations, which has expressed disappointment over the slow disbursement of development aid to crisis-stricken Afghanistan, has hurled one of its biggest political insults at Western donors: threatening to turn to a U.S. philanthropist for financial assistance.

The ministry of agriculture in Kabul has asked for an “urgent contributionâ€