Well then, it appears that the Guardianistas are unhappy at the prospect of Kofi Annan being succeeded as secretary general by Ban Ki-moon, the South Korean foreign minister.
"The mood among staff is glum," one of the officials said. "We are not very excited about the outcome." With morale low at the UN after five years dominated by divisions, deadlock and corruption, they are sceptical about Mr Ban's ability to turn the organisation round or provide the strong, inspirational leadership they had been hoping for.
Meanwhile, as The Times reported last week, South Korea, as part of a campaign to help Mr Ban, had pledged millions of dollars in aid to countries with seats on the security council, from an $18m (£9.6m) education grant to Tanzania to the gift of a grand piano to Peru. Mr Park described the accusations as unfounded and claimed it was based on a misunderstanding: South Korea has been gradually increasing its aid programme. But one UN official said sarcastically that it had just been "an accident of history" that South Korea's largesse to Africa coincided with the secretary general's selection.
The UN is a corrupt sewer, it is incapable of ANY moral leadership, it is institutionally pro-terror, it is anti-Semitic to the core, it is rabidly anti-American, and the election of Mr. Moon will hopefully bring about its total eclipse.
We need a forum for democratic nations - for those who uphold pluralist values - and the UN has moved SO FAR away from its original mission that it really is time to drive a stake through its rancid heart. The anglosphere nations should leave it and stop bankrolling this most hateful of organisations. History will record the UN as being even worse than the League of Nations.
"Blue Moon..."
LOL
Posted by: Fanny | October 07, 2006 at 02:44 PM
We need a forum for democratic nations
I fully agree. Such a body would be in a position to act with moral authority because it would represent the free peoples of the world.
Posted by: Henry94 | October 07, 2006 at 04:57 PM
Right so that means no islamic nations whatsoever, about three or four Black African ones, a small handful of South American ones, about two or three far Eastern ones, Australia, Japan, Canada, a few Eastern European ones if Putin manages to stop assassinating the opposition, the US and one seat for us via the EU.
Won't need a very big chamber then.
Posted by: dangerouslysubversivedad | October 08, 2006 at 09:47 AM
Ran into any number of UN "civil servants" in Keats Bar, Second Avenue NYC over the years. A fine sense of entitlement. Though they'll never fix Darfur, they have certainly solved the riddle of the expense account, I tell you that.
Posted by: The Phantom | October 10, 2006 at 08:22 PM