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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Is it? I always thought the problem was a complete lack of political/economic will to get the food there... not because of delivery issues.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Agamemnon
Is it? I always thought the problem was a complete lack of political/economic will to get the food there... not because of delivery issues.
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Well, I guess it's a matter of symantics. The food exists. Much of it is even earmarked for famine relief. But the cost and logistics of getting it into various regions in a reasonable time are such that the UN body responsible for it is unable to do so effectively, in part because it's too expensive and in part because various governments of third world countries are unwilling to give the UN the access necessary to make a difference.
So you could say that there are delivery issues caused by lack of political/economic will, or you could say that there's a lack of political economic will as a result of the complexities regarding delivery.