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Kash-for-Kofi
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. .... 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? .... http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...006/781gawip.a sp Another "small item" that flew under the left-wing media's kookoo nest. -- __________________________________________________ ________________________ "Est autem fides credere quod nondum vides; cuius fidei merces est videre quod credis." This message brought to you by http://www.discoverthenetwork.com/ and http://www.frontpagemag.com |