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Old 29th Nov 2012, 16:35
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Mobotu
 
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UN vs Humanitarian Relief Flights....

Temp I think you may have been out of Africa for too long....
The UN(Monusco) as it is know in DRC has NOTHING to do with humanitarian Relief flights whatsoever - this is complete nonsense.
Relief organisations such as UNHCR, ICRC, WFP etc are involved in helping people with food, medicine and shelter among other things...and for the most part they do amazing work in difficult conditions AND do it with a fraction of the budget of their Monusco counterparts.
Monusco is mandated "to use all necessary means to carry out its mandate relating, among other things, to the protection of civilians, humanitarian personnel and human rights defenders under imminent threat of physical violence and to support the Government of the DRC in its stabilization and peace consolidation efforts."
So you see absolutely NOTHING in there about humanitarian relief flights just a mandated occupation of yet another African country that FAILS to fulfull ANY or ALL of it's stated objectives.
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