But such international assistance is necessary only because Africa's leaders seem unwilling to do the job themselves.

There is almost nothing in Afghanistan that doesn't require international assistance.

Prosecutors said they would seek international assistance in the investigation.

It is building up library resources, partly with international assistance.

They do not want to ask for international assistance.

China has asked for international assistance in training more nuclear power plant inspectors.

Many civil and governmental institutions are still being developed with international assistance.

We need to come together with a clear offer of massive international assistance.

It also noted that international assistance was necessary to establish a society and government under the rule of law.

On June 5 government also requested international assistance to deal with the scale of the disaster.