Can’t the $50 million needlessly spent on chartered aircrafts be better utilized in Myanmar reconstruction if
March 14, 2010 by
Filed under Asian Programming
the Burmese generals would accept single-point-of- contact coordination services for airdrops from ASEAN or the UN?
Paul Risley, a spokesman for the World Food Program, said the junta’s refusal to let military helicopters work in the country meant the U.N. had to charter large civilian aircraft, adding greatly to his agency’s costs.
The WFP has budgeted [...]