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Heidi

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Tue Aug-04-09 06:26 AM
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UN admits failures in Kenya camp

Source: BBC

Page last updated at 07:11 GMT, Tuesday, 4 August 2009 08:11 UK

One of the world's largest refugee camps fails to meet even the most basic standards, the UN has admitted.

More than a quarter of a million Somalis are crowded into the Dadaab camp in eastern Kenya having fled fighting in their own country.

Chronic overcrowding makes it difficult to help those in need, officials say, and Kenya is resisting expansion calls.

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is due to visit on Tuesday to discuss additional space.

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As Somalis lined up for their daily ration of food, one resident, Mohamed Shukra Shukra, told the BBC: "The problem is no water... no hospital, no food, it's a problem."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8182753.stm

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prostomulgus

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Tue Aug-04-09 07:33 AM
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1. Is there no end to the problems that bush created? n/t

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ProgressiveProfessor

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Tue Aug-04-09 08:21 AM
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3. How did W create this problem?

Curious to see how you make the connection. The area has been pretty hosed for a generation

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JonQ

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:42 AM
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4. Yeah africa had it's issues before bush

was even born, and will likely continue to have them for the foreseeable future. It's just an unfortunate continent.

I'd chalk this up to a UN failure to solve a problem created by political instability and deep seated tribal hatred.

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WriteDown

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Tue Aug-04-09 07:38 AM
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2. Time to disband the League of....I mean United Nations...

Absolutely useless.

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JonQ

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:43 AM
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5. Problem is they aren't really accountable to anyone

if they fail what changes? They keep getting their funding, no one loses his job, no nation is penalized.

In an environment of zero accountability an organization with even the best of intentions will likely fail (and I'm starting to doubt the whole "good intentions" thing).

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WriteDown

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:45 AM
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6. It's a total mess and I'm convinced....

that helping people really isn't the goal. It's more like kickbacks and bribes for those that manage to worm their way in.

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JonQ

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Tue Aug-04-09 09:57 AM
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7. Definitely

Edited on Tue Aug-04-09 09:58 AM by JonQ

it's a career for some people, nothing more. Another way to line their pockets.

Which is why, if it's going to work at all, we need some oversight. Some way of removing people that are not merely parasitic but actively harmful to others.

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damntexdem

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Tue Aug-04-09 02:12 PM
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8. But was that camp really in Kenya?

Or was it in Hawaii?

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