That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.
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To properly reflect the changes of the world and of the UN, with its growing number of member states, we would like to see an enlargement of the SC that gives room for new members, not least developing countries.
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Birth: | 19th June, 1957 |
Death: | 11th September, 2003 |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Profession: | Politician |
Anna Lindh was born to Staffan and Nancy Lindh in Enskede, Sweden. She was a Swedish Social Democratic politician, chairman of the Social Democratic Youth League from 1984 to 1990 and a member of parliament from 1982 to 1985 and 1998 to 2003. Joining the government as minister of environment in 1994, she was elevated to minister for foreign affairs by prime minister Göran Persson in 1998 and considered his successor as party chairman and prime minister before her assassination in September 2003. Lindh was married to Bo Holmberg, governor of Södermanland , with whom she had two sons.
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