US accepts offer of UN help in Katrina aftermath

[tocqueville]

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Bush administration, long critical of the United Nations, has accepted a U.N. offer of help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a U.N. team has gone to Washington to see how it can complement American efforts.

The United Nations on Sunday announced the United States had accepted its aid offer and said its staff will be based at the USAID Hurricane Operations Center, where international assistance is being coordinated.

U.N. officials, often criticized by Republicans in Washington, said the world body's teams could be useful in coordinating and setting priorities for foreign aid offers.

They "are ready to provide emergency staff and a wide variety of relief supplies as and when necessary," the U.N. statement said

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050904/ts_nm/aid_un_dc

[CatWoman]

1. How does that crow taste,

Mr. President?

[tocqueville]

2. I think they have to accept because they are afraid of what a....

sustained crisis could lead to...