Heh - a bit of a rebuke to the United Nations
From
FOX News:
Eritrea to U.N.: Take This Aid And Shove It
In a stinging rebuff to the United Nations and its anti-poverty efforts, Eritrea, one of the poorest countries in Africa, has told the world body that it wants out of its long-term development agreement because the U.N. makes the problem worse, not better.
The reason, given in a January 26 notification letter from the country’s powerful Finance Minister, obtained by Fox News, is that “aid only postpones the basic solutions to crucial development problems by tentatively ameliorating their manifestations without tackling their root causes. The structural, political, economic, etc. damage that it inflicts upon recipient countries is also enormous.” In other words, the government argues, U.N. aid does more harm than good.
I can only imagine the layers of corruption that would drive them to refuse all help. The United Nations is a mockery of governance. Some small offices of the UN do good work but in large, the place should be burned down and the land salted...
Posted by DaveH at March 30, 2011 3:59 PM