UN and NGOs 'too focused on funding', and child mortality goal slips away

From Global development | The Guardian Tue Jul 8 2014, 11:03:32

MSF report: relief agencies 'feed the headquarters beast'; the UN urges final push on its millennium development goals

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The medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has warned that the UN and international NGOs are failing to respond to humanitarian emergencies, despite having more resources at their disposal than ever before. In a report published this week, the organisation said NGOs and UN agencies were more concerned with risk aversion and securing funding than providing a serious relief effort.

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