Delay in relief funds

In September 1991, displaced Kurds facing winter in northern Iraq had not received £57 million of aid relief donated by the government and charitable funds in the UK. It had been deposited with United Nations aid agencies or Red Cross agencies four months earlier.

1. Inadequate disaster rescue and relief

1. Uncontrolled costs of disaster relief
2. Misappropriation of public funds
3. Corruption and mismanagement of foreign aid

1. Relief
2. Delay