Kofi Annan and Iraq
From Reuters:
Iraq Wants Money Back; Annan Promises Action
bq. Iraq said it wanted its money back from the scandal-tainted U.N. oil-for-food program Friday as Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to get to the bottom of wrongdoing by U.N. staff.
Like this will happen any time soon... Riighhhttt...
bq. "Huge sums of money which should have served the needs of the Iraqi people who were suffering at that time -- a lot of these resources were squandered and misspent," said Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Samir Sumaidaie.
And who was looking after those sums of money? The United Nations.
I rest my case -- what would you
expect this gaggle of morally bankrupt idiotarians to be doing? Working?
bq. Iraq, he said, should at minimum not have to pay for the independent probe set up by the United Nations from remaining oil-for-food funds.
The inquiry panel has spent $30 million so far, with the approval of the Security Council.
Emphasis mine -- and how far along is the inquiry panel with its work? How much more will have to be spent? Who is auditing the cash flow? Is there a public website where I can go to see the accounting information for the funding for this report?
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(crickets)
bq. A key report by Paul Volcker, the former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman appointed by Annan to probe the $67 billion program, found that the director of the plan, Benon Sevan, helped steer oil contracts to a relative of former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
No surprise there -- a den of thieves will always select a thief for its leader. Kofi is corrupt as hell and there is no reason to believe that Ghali was not equally as corrupt.
bq. The report does not accuse any U.N. officials of getting bribes. But it says Sevan received $160,000 from an aunt in Cyrus, who has since died and had few resources.
With relatives like these, who needs "friends"
bq. "We are as determined as everyone to get to the bottom of this. We do not want this shadow to hang over the U.N.," Annan said as he arrived at headquarters.
Like I said, I am not waiting for this to happen anytime soon. They will protect themselves. Sure, there will be a public punishment of some minor functionary but it will be token and the major players will all walk.
UN Delenda Est!
Posted by DaveH at February 4, 2005 2:01 PM