Guess what, the US, spearheaded by their new knave, John Bolton, is trying their best to scuttle UN’s global strategy. No less than 32-page US version, littered with deletions and exclusions, 750 amendments. In the summary the US wants the same old things …
Millennium goals:
References to the Millennium Development Goals systematically removed and replaced by [...]
Continue Reading August 26th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Insert seventh seal pun here.
U.S. President George Bush appointed John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, without waiting for Senate approval.
“This post is too important to leave vacant any longer, especially during a war and a vital debate about UN reform,” Bush said.
Bush appointed Bolton to the UN post using a [...]
Continue Reading August 1st, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Global Policy Forum offers its take on reform.
Nations can agree on the Council’s shortcomings, but they differ sharply on the necessary solutions. All agree, for example, that the Council’s membership and institutional structures reflect outdated geopolitical realities and political thinking, shaped by the world of 1945. The five permanent members, with their vetoes and many [...]
Continue Reading July 16th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Via Global Policy Forum. Asia Times calls Oil for Food "a hell of a scandal". And as noted before, it’s getting bigger.
"Hell no!" said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan when asked whether he would resign after the Volcker Report in effect cleared him of using any influence on behalf of Cotecna, the company that [...]
Continue Reading April 3rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
In the latest turn of events, the "Independent" Inquiry Committee, has reportedly found nothing to incriminate Kofi Annan himself but fortunately for his opponents they have managed to dig up some dirt on his son, Kojo. What does this tell us? Either he was in the loop or he was not. If the former turns [...]
Continue Reading March 28th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Secretary General Kofi Annan will propose a series of reforms and overhauls in the way the UN operates. Opposition will undoubtedly be long and difficult as they US is still bent on proving by example that the UN is useless. And in doing so, it would be counterproductive to allow the organization to reform or [...]
Continue Reading March 21st, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Despite all the fancy talk about mending ties, the US has once again proved that their actions speak more clearly than their words. John Bolton is someone who has spent his entire life working AGAINST the very ideals of the UN. And while he is not in office quite yet, the very appointment shows what [...]
Continue Reading March 8th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
While reading the entertainingly biased news reporting over at WorldNetDaily, "fairness and balance" at its best, I came upon a rather peculiar advertisement for something called Move America Forward. The text ad, which was printed using the same font style as the actual article read "Are you sick and tired of the U.N.? Now there’s [...]
Continue Reading March 8th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
We have all been made aware, by the US, that there were discrepancies in the so called oil-for-food program run by the UN. The Americans tried to exploit any corruption in the system to disgrace the UN and specifically Kofi Annan. It figures that someone was fishing for new American leadership to end the corruption [...]
Continue Reading February 3rd, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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