Whys it taken so long to aid the people of Mozambique?
Tim Rice: All the help given so far is not enough. But we shouldn’t blame ourselves. We should help other countries, in Africa, help Mozambique. Susan Kramer: We don’t know where the tragedies are going to come. We’ve been calling for some time for a UN rapid reaction corps to react quickly to these situations. When you start to look at these things the lack of organisation is almost frightening. Frank Dobson: What’s happened is on a phenomenal scale. There are 12 helicopters there and nine have been either provided or funded by us. The odds are there will be similar problems and since there is no longer a cold war I don’t see why we don’t get the UN to have two aircraft carriers on standby in the Indian Ocean. Steve Norris: One person who’s worked very hard on this is Clare Short. She’s not getting the support from the MOD. They regard it as less of a priority than defence. In certain circumstances we can move a huge number of people across the globe. We would want to see our military
