Monday, December 20, 2004

Reuters AlertNet - US threatens UN agency funds over report - writer

Reuters AlertNet - US threatens UN agency funds over report - writer:

"The lead writer of a U.N. report on freedom and governance in the Arab world said on Saturday the United States was threatening to cut off funds to a U.N. agency if the United Nations releases it (The Arab Human Development Report).

Nader Fergani, the Egyptian social scientist who has worked on the last three Arab Human Development Reports, told Reuters defying the United States could cost the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) about $100 million a year."

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