24070: (pub) Chamberlain: Disaster aid (Haiti mentioned) (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Greg Chamberlain <GregChamberlain@compuserve.com>

(AP, 11 Jan 05)


   United Nations appeals for disaster- and war-stricken countries in 2004
-- excluding special appeals for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami -- and
the proportion of money received. The amounts requested by the United
Nations do not include contributions from one government to another or from
most charities.

   Needed: $36 million
   Received: 68 percent Haiti