U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging donor nations to give generously to Iraq’s reconstruction, saying rebuilding cannot wait until there is a sovereign Iraqi government.
He told an international donors conference that opened in Madrid Thursday that Iraq demands “urgent attention now.”
Alluding to differences between the United States and countries that opposed the U.S.-led invasion - including France, Germany and Russia - Mr. Annan said reconstruction cannot be "deferred’ until the security situation improves and the political process to restore Iraqi sovereignty begins.
No official goal has been set for the two-day conference, but a United Nations-World Bank report estimates Iraq will need more than $36 billion for infrastructure projects over the next four years.
America is getting out the begging bowl because she can no longer afford to maintain the dire situation for which she is solely responsible, and is costing her nearly $90 billion a month. Such is her desperation that she has called in the UN, an organisation that only a few months earlier she was describing as defunct and unnecessary. However what this scene really shows is that the neo-conservative regime in Washington has overrated America’s superpower status, and it has been unsuccessful in taking over a country and directing a region.
americans may live in poverty but still they r the most powerfull country in the world.
what v the third world can do is jus listen to their blabber r beg for their weapons to fight among owrselves.
the wealth of nations is not determined by jus the number of people living under the poverty line. but the real power is the ability of that nation in influencing the world.
n in that field there is no competitor for america.
...what often qualifies for poverty in the US is considered middle class in most of the gutter countries of the world...talk about delusion...
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Mocking other nations and gloating about calling them gutter countries is disgraceful i hope your proud of yourself.
The question asked and hopefully this time after 3 times of asking you can answer and stick to the topic this time is why is the US going with cap in hand to an Organisation (UN) only few months ago it called defunct and unnecessary
You chastising someone else for mocking and insulting other countries is hypocrisy beyond belief. Every one of your posts is exactly that. USA
The reason is obvious, the UN is hapless when coming to security and military issues. Their strength is in humanitarian aid and your brothers in Iraq need it. Unfortunately the “brave Iraqi resistance” is killing every aid worker they can find and making it difficult to get them any help.
trust you to come up with the dumbest comments I don’t give a damn about americans and what they do in there own country. My issue is there corrupt governement and there interfering in the rest of the world American administration cannot stop interferring so they deserve every criticism from me or anyone else!
I have shown that the richest country in the world does’nt even give a damn about 34 million people who are suffering from poverty that is not gloating that is showing up your shallow government for what they are greedy capitalist who lecture the rest of the world how to live but they cannot satisfy the poor in there own back yard!
As for the UN its was labelled **defunct and unnecessary ** not the section that is miltary or the section which is humanitarian the whole UN was labelled **defunct and unnecessary ** by the US administration! Now Cap in hand you go back to the same Defunct organisation asking for contributions!
You chewed off more than you can handle in Iraq acting like an arrogant colonial power who think they can do anything now you witnessing the backlash!
You chastising someone else for mocking and insulting other countries is hypocrisy beyond belief. Every one of your posts is exactly that. 
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