UN humanitarian chief condemns increasing violence against aid workers.Somalia: Radicals loot UN compounds

The top United Nations humanitarian official today deplored the growing number of attacks against aid workers, while highlighting that the effects of natural and man-made disasters on people’s lives would become more devastating.
John Holmes, Emergency Relief Coordinator, told the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) that he was increasingly horrified by the attacks on humanitarian workers, who he noted gave their energies and lives to helping others and were often treated with hostility, suspicion and violence in return.
In his opening address to the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment in Geneva, Mr. Holmes warned that so far in 2009 the complexity and nature of emergencies had taken an even heavier toll than in previous years...more,,http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=31523&Cr=john+holmes&Cr1=

Somalia: Radicals loot UN compounds
militants raided two United Nations compounds today, stealing equipment and vehicles and forcing the world body to close down one of its operations in... Watch....http://www.youtube.com/watch