United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-01-28 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:NSIAD-94-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29 P0b002ee18037f521 f:ns94029 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29 NSIAD-94-29 Accountability Accounting procedures Internal controls International food programs Foreign aid programs Program management Food relief programs Gifts or gratuities International relations Developing countries USDA Section 416(b) Program Somalia Yugoslavia Africa Liberia Ethiopia Afghanistan Pakistan Persian Gulf UN World Food Program Chapter Report NSIAD Intended as emergency food relief for countries such as Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, thousands of tons of U.S. commodities donated to the World Food Program of the United Nations have been lost, stolen, or mishandled due to lax accountability and internal controls. The program is exempt from accountability requirements that the Agency for International Development (AID) places on other program sponsors, and AID did not follow its own regulations governing its relationship with the program. GAO also notes that the United States does not always respond quickly to the World Food Program's emergency food requests. During fiscal year 1992, U.S. donations generally arrived nearly 8 months after being requested. The slow response occurred because AID does not routinely treat World Food Program emergency requests as emergencies and because the Agriculture Department uses the same procurement and shipping procedures for emergency and nonemergency orders. Despite the slow U.S. response, emergency victims have not suffered because the program is able to substitute food stocks from other sources until U.S. donations arrive. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29.htm GAO/NSIAD-94-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-94-29 Chapter Report GAO/NSIAD-94-29; Foreign Assistance: Inadequate Accountability for U.S. Donations to the World Food Program; Accountability Accounting procedures Internal controls International food programs Foreign aid programs Program management Food relief programs Gifts or gratuities International relations Developing countries USDA Section 416(b) Program Somalia Yugoslavia Africa Liberia Ethiopia Afghanistan Pakistan Persian Gulf UN World Food Program