Nora Y.S. Ali
Cornell Law School, Candidate for JD, 2015.
Introduction

A young girl is shot in the face, leaving a gaping hole in her cheek for over 25 years.1 A four-year old girl is born with an exposed bladder. Seven children have hydrocephalus, causing their brains to swell with fluid that needs to be drained through sophisticated procedure.
These are just a few of the patients seen in the only maternity hospital in Somaliland. It is the only maternity hospital in the nation, due in part to limited funding opportunities for maternal and child health. Each of these stories ends in success, but not because of international organizations that donate directly to foreign governments. Why international organizations are not part of this success?

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Source: Cornell International Law Journal

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