December 28, 2004 – 5:30 pm
So now Jan "I’m a moron" Egeland is claiming that he wasn’t really saying what he was saying: Egeland told reporters on Tuesday: "I’ve been misinterpreted when I yesterday said that I believed that rich countries in general can be more generous." I will admit, writing isn’t necessarily my bag, I am much better at […]
December 16, 2004 – 6:57 pm
I will admit, this is a little slim, but, hey, so was the information on the Oil For Food Scandal when it first started coming out. Documents seen by FOX News suggest a conflict of interest may exist between Kofi Annan’s son, the Swiss company he worked for and the United Nations. Kojo Annan, the […]
December 15, 2004 – 7:22 pm
The United Nations has suspended its humanitarian operations in Sudan’s troubled South Darfur area following a shooting that killed two aid workers, the agency said Monday. The Sudanese employees of Save the Children — medical assistant Abhakar el Tayeb and mechanic Yacoub Abdelnabi Ahmed — were killed Sunday when their convoy came under fire in […]
December 12, 2004 – 10:38 am
Regarding Saddam’s ilegal trade and the Oil For Food scandal: With Republican-led congressional committees investigating allegations of oil-for-food corruption, some Democrats are pressing for answers about why the United States did little to stop the smuggling. The issue is part of a series of broader questions these lawmakers have about what U.S. officials knew about […]
December 5, 2004 – 2:31 pm
As an avowed United Nations hater, I cannot believe I missed this. Go here to sign a petition to get the UN out of the US (hat tip to Miss Patriot.)
December 1, 2004 – 9:54 pm
I get the feeling that the BBC just doesn’t care for the UN. If the report of the high-level panel on reform of the UN is followed up with action, the United Nations might be saved. It is a big if. (emphasis mine) The report has recommended a historic shift away from the principle of […]
November 29, 2004 – 8:10 am
From the NY Post: Congress is likely to move to reduce U.S. funding of the United Nations if leaders at Turtle Bay don’t come clean and institute major reforms in the wake of the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, The Post has learned. Recent interviews with Congress members and staff investigators revealed growing shock and outrage at […]
November 27, 2004 – 9:58 am
Seems as if Kofi Annans son, Kojo, has been taking bribes through the Oil For Food program long after 1999, up into 2004. Why is it that some folks pitch a fit over Dick Cheney’s past leadership of Haliburton, while ignoring that the head of the UN’s son worked for a company, Cotecna, that was […]
November 22, 2004 – 7:29 am
From the Washington Post Op/Ed page: You can hardly blame United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan if he’s spending a lot of his free time these days touching up his resume. For even by U.N. standards, the oil-for-food scandal; misconduct charges against senior U.N. officials (and furious complaints by U.N. employees in recent days that Mr. […]
November 19, 2004 – 6:37 pm
From Questions and Observations, McQ has pulled an article from Yahoo Singapore about one of my favorite organizations (which I do not write much about, cause I get a wee bit emotional), regarding a vote of "No Confidence" in the United Nimrods Shitheads Nations: UN staff are expected to make an unprecedented vote of no […]
