Multilateral Assistance: Accountability for U.S. Contributions to the
World Food Program (Testimony, 05/05/94, GAO/T-NSIAD-94-174).

GAO testified that millions of dollars worth of U.S. commodities donated
to the World Food Program through the Agency for International
Development (AID) were lost, stolen, or mishandled. The losses went
unchecked because AID relied on ineffective accountability procedures
and did not effectively monitor the distribution and use of donations.
The World Food Program's commodity loss reports to donors were
incomplete and inaccurate and did not adequately highlight distribution
problems or the need for corrective action.  GAO also testified that the
United States often did not respond quickly to emergency food requests
from the World Food Program because the requests were not treated as
emergencies. GAO found no evidence, however, that aid recipients
suffered because of the slow U.S. response.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD-94-174
     TITLE:  Multilateral Assistance: Accountability for U.S. 
             Contributions to the World Food Program
      DATE:  05/05/94
   SUBJECT:  Accountability
             Food relief programs
             International relations
             Gifts or gratuities
             International food programs
             United Nations
             Internal controls
             Investigations by federal agencies
             Accounting procedures
             Interagency relations
IDENTIFIER:  Ethiopia
             Africa
             UN World Food Program
             Afghanistan
             Pakistan
             Liberia
             India
             
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