Mr. Speeker. today I and other Members will Introduce a resolution to press the United Nations for a speedier response to disasters and humanitarian emergencies. It asks the SecretaryGeneral to develop a system that can begin operating on the ground within 24 hours of an emergency. The need Is great and growing18 million refugees and even more displaced persons. But recent experience has shown that the United Nations is not well organized to respon quickly and coherently to complex emergencies such as the relief of the Kurds. U.N. relief experts should be quickly assembled Into a disaster team on site.
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