41. Also on the agenda during his three-day visit are a review of international aid efforts and meetings with Aristide, Haitian government officials and political party leaders. 42. Any broadening of the U.S. aid effort could run into opposition in Congress, where concerns run high about getting too deeply involved in Colombia. 43. APTV has fresh pictures from North Korea of mud covered fields, aid distribution and an interview with a Red Cross spokesman involved in the aid effort. 44. Annan urged donors to contribute more to the aid efforts. 45. As secretary of state, Marshall had proposed the aid effort five months earlier. 46. Australia has contributed troops to the coalition fighting the remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida and has participated in the humanitarian aid effort. 47. Both De Miguel and Fischer stressed that the EU and the United States should coordinate their aid efforts for Central America. 48. Both De Miguel and Fischer stressed that the EU and the United States should coordinate aid efforts for the stricken region. 49. But Basulto continued his criticism of the Bahamas government, saying it is not cooperating with humanitarian aid efforts. 50. Bush already had appointed USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios as humanitarian envoy to supervise aid efforts. |