Continued U.N. Abuses & Waste
The list of reasons I gave for abolishing the United Nations in my recently released book Custom Maid Knowledge For New World Disorder ─ and spoke about at length at book signings, radio and T.V. shows across America during my May 2008 book tour in America, ─ just got longer.
Two new reports, one by the U.N. and one by Save the Children UK, condemn the global body for waste, lack of oversight on development funds and child sex abuse. Peacekeepers and aid workers in Sudan, Ivory Coast and Haiti are accused of committing a litany of sexual crimes against children as young as six. The report by the children’s charity said that children were denied food aid unless they granted sexual favors; others were forced to have sex or take part in child pornography. More than half the children interviewed knew of cases of sexual abuse and that in many instances children knew of 10 or more such incidents perpetuated by aid workers or peacekeepers. The threat of retaliation, and the stigma attached to sexual abuse, were powerful deterrents to coming forward the report said ─ but many did. Again, the U.N. promises to investigate the accusations.
The U.N. investigated the allegations of waste, transfer of sensitive technology and misappropriation of funds by Pyongyang made by the U.S. last year against the United Nations Development Program in North Korea. The U.N. report concluded it is time to give member states access to the internal audits, now secret, of UNDP programs. This latest report ─ by three experts appointed by the UNDP ─ is a wakeup-call for more accountability throughout the U.N.
North Korea diverted development funds for its own financial ends because of the UNDP’s personnel slipshod practices that gave North Korean officials access to sensitive information, dual purpose technology and allowed them to divert funds as they pleased.
Of the 151 pieces of equipment reviewed by the U.N. auditors, 95 were on the U.S. Commerce Department’s control list and required an export license. Many were “controlled by the U.S. for national security and anti-terrorism reasons… and were of heightened concern.” The UNDP had not obtained the required licenses. The report said that when the UNDP pulled out of North Korea in March 2007, it left the equipment behind.
How many more blatant U.N. abuses of basic rights and waste have to be documented before the U.N. is abolished and replaced by a new global body relevant to the 21st-century?
Two new reports, one by the U.N. and one by Save the Children UK, condemn the global body for waste, lack of oversight on development funds and child sex abuse. Peacekeepers and aid workers in Sudan, Ivory Coast and Haiti are accused of committing a litany of sexual crimes against children as young as six. The report by the children’s charity said that children were denied food aid unless they granted sexual favors; others were forced to have sex or take part in child pornography. More than half the children interviewed knew of cases of sexual abuse and that in many instances children knew of 10 or more such incidents perpetuated by aid workers or peacekeepers. The threat of retaliation, and the stigma attached to sexual abuse, were powerful deterrents to coming forward the report said ─ but many did. Again, the U.N. promises to investigate the accusations.
The U.N. investigated the allegations of waste, transfer of sensitive technology and misappropriation of funds by Pyongyang made by the U.S. last year against the United Nations Development Program in North Korea. The U.N. report concluded it is time to give member states access to the internal audits, now secret, of UNDP programs. This latest report ─ by three experts appointed by the UNDP ─ is a wakeup-call for more accountability throughout the U.N.
North Korea diverted development funds for its own financial ends because of the UNDP’s personnel slipshod practices that gave North Korean officials access to sensitive information, dual purpose technology and allowed them to divert funds as they pleased.
Of the 151 pieces of equipment reviewed by the U.N. auditors, 95 were on the U.S. Commerce Department’s control list and required an export license. Many were “controlled by the U.S. for national security and anti-terrorism reasons… and were of heightened concern.” The UNDP had not obtained the required licenses. The report said that when the UNDP pulled out of North Korea in March 2007, it left the equipment behind.
How many more blatant U.N. abuses of basic rights and waste have to be documented before the U.N. is abolished and replaced by a new global body relevant to the 21st-century?
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