Kash-for-Kofi

Despite frequent declarations of reform, it seems that United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has learned nothing from the U.N.'s
Oil-for-Food scandal, in which Saddam Hussein's billions corrupted the
U.N.'s entire Iraq embargo bureaucracy. Earlier this month, Annan accepted
from the ruler of Dubai an environmental prize of $500,000--a fat sum that
represents the latest in a long series of glaring conflicts of interest.
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The real issue is why on earth Kofi Annan thinks it a good idea while
serving as secretary-general to accept $500,000--for any reason--from a
high-ranking official of a U.N. member state. Sheikh Mohammed is not only
the ruler of Dubai but the vice president and prime minister of the United
Arab Emirates. No doubt he bestowed this award as a gesture of appreciation.
But if the other 190 U.N. member states were to follow his lead, Annan would
be rolling in $95 million worth of personal prize money. Once the
secretary-general allows himself to become a collector of cash awards,
where's the line to be drawn? If Syria were to offer him a $10 million
environmental prize, or China were to up the ante to $100 million, should he
grab a suitcase and go pick it up?
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http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...006/781gawip.a
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Another "small item" that flew under the left-wing media's kookoo nest.

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