Australian PM urges developed countries to back African relief
The international community is being urged to rally behind the UN relief effort in the Horn of Africa or risk hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the comments during a tour of the region.
Governments have faced criticism for their slow response to the drought in Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
The UN's High Commissioner of Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has said the world should have seen it coming.
