Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided that no offer that can help alleviate the suffering of the people in the afflicted area will be refused
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Some 60 nations have offered help, from longtime American friends such as Japan, Germany, Canada, France and Britain as well as Cuban President Fidel Castro, who is willing to donate doctors and medicine and the Venezuelan government, frequently criticized by the Bush administration.
With the desaster unfolding and help still not arriving everywhere it should the offer of countries all over the world – and not only friends – it still good to know that international cooperation and the system and structures to facilitate it, namely the United Nations, are willing, capable – and exist.
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