In a move that provoked the ire of Congressional conservatives, General Zinni voiced his skepticism in 2000 about legislation that called for aiding the Iraqi opposition in its quest to topple Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein.
Only then could peace efforts resume, he added, and he called for aid to the Palestinians.
The report, which was written in collaboration with a group of Burmese aid workers, in fact called for aid to continue.
In Iran on Wednesday, Ayatollah Khamenei called for aid for Gaza and praised Hamas for its democratic election and its resistance against Israel.
Griffiths, who wishes to remain a neutral facilitator, has called for aid workers to be able to access grain that is at risk of rotting in mills.
The UN last week said it had received just $22m£14m4m) of the $415m it had appealed for as it called for aid contributions to be "dramatically ramped up".
Among other things, he called for aid to cash-strapped states to prevent layoffs of public employees, passage of a transportation bill, and extension of tax preferences for green energy projects.
The survivors called for aid from the Byzantine emperor, who arranged to have an army from the Christian kingdom of Aksum (in what is now Ethiopia) invade Yemen in order to punish Dhū Nuwās.
The United Nations says it has received just $22m£14m4m) of the $415m it has appealed for in Nepal following the recent earthquake, and has called for aid contributions to be "dramatically ramped up".
Its ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, called for aid to UNRWA to be scrapped completely.
