[inve.tment]

NEW YORK — Has North Korean leader Kim Jong Il subverted the United Nations Development Program, the $4 billion agency that is the U.N.’s main development arm, and possibly stolen tens of millions of dollars of hard currency in the process?

According to a top official of the U.S. State Department — using findings made by the U.N.’s own auditors — the answer appears to be a disturbing yes, so far as UNDP programs in North Korea itself are concerned.

And just as disturbingly, the U.N. aid agency bureaucracy has kept the scamming a secret since at least 1999 — while the North Korean dictator and his regime were ramping up their illegal nuclear weapons program and making highly publicized tests of intermediate range ballistic missiles.
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Here we go again - while 100,000 of people sit in N. Korean prisons and their population starving to death - the U.N. knowingly has given Kim Jong tens of millions of dollars.

In other words - WE THE TAXPAYERS who fund the U.N. have been bilked millions to help build palaces for the most vile man on the planet, and thanks to UN crooks financed his weaponry.

FOXNews.com - U.S. State Department Reveals North Korea’s Misuse of U.N. Development Program Funds and Operations - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

[inve.tment]

P.S. - it will be interesting to see the media coverage...so far...nothing on CNN, BBC, CNN International....

[Evoryboypoto]

I especially liked this part,


Malloch Brown left the U.N. along with Annan at the end of last year and has since been harshly critical of the Bush Administration and its former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, for their demands for greater U.N. transparency and reform. Bolton, the man liberals love to hate, kinda of vindicates him, doesn't it?

[fabrizioitwloch]

Now that Annan is out, I think we'll hear more horror stories come forth.
Annan and whoever else that was involved should be arrested.

[inve.tment]

Now that Annan is out, I think we'll hear more horror stories come forth.
Annan and whoever else that was involved should be arrested.

I agree. And his son. (not arrested per say..but we will find more)

After the oil for food scandal in which numerous entities made millions$ - all laundered through the UN mafia....yes I believe much more will be uncovered.

I fear however that few will hear of it - the only media covering this is Fox so far.
I have no doubt it will be buried in the NY Times..and told as a footnote on the little watched Sunday Talking head shows.

This is a major story - if this was the Bush administration caught laundering money for say..Isreal - this would be front page news for 6 months!!

[cokLoolioli]

Not surprising. The UN is pointless. We should get out and save a few hundred billion. The world is not ready to solve its differences peacefully.

[homerdienru]

I hope more ex UN leaders are arrested by the justice depatment.Including Kofi Annan and his son on Oil for food scandal.

[inve.tment]

This thread is exactly what I expected - and shows specifically why there will be no reform for the corrupt money laundering organization called the U.N.

Liberals simply do not want to say anything bad about the U.N.

This thread has gotten little response - it will get equal treatment from the media.

[Xavier_Spinner_Wheels]

This thread is exactly what I expected - and shows specifically why there will be no reform for the corrupt money laundering organization called the U.N.

Liberals simply do not want to say anything bad about the U.N.

This thread has gotten little response - it will get equal treatment from the media.

I don't know what you're talking about. I've said that the U.N. is a useless organization in various, forms, ways, and forums. It's getting pretty redundant for me at least. As for this story being covered in the media, well in most places the evening news hasn't come up yet. I'd say wait and see. Fox news doesn't have a reputation for doing in depth fact checking.

Boing Boing: Fox News identifies Foley as a Democrat

[Wdlglivi]

I don't know what you're talking about. I've said that the U.N. is a useless organization in various, forms, ways, and forums. It's getting pretty redundant for me at least. As for this story being covered in the media, well in most places the evening news hasn't come up yet. I'd say wait and see. Fox news doesn't have a reputation for doing in depth fact checking.

Boing Boing: Fox News identifies Foley as a Democrat

Hehe, don't forget that they said that Obama went to terror school! HAHA!

The Raw Story | Fox smears Sen. Obama, says he 'covered up' Muslim past

Oh boy, we can do this all night...

[masaredera]

This thread is exactly what I expected - and shows specifically why there will be no reform for the corrupt money laundering organization called the U.N.

Liberals simply do not want to say anything bad about the U.N.

This thread has gotten little response - it will get equal treatment from the media.

I suppose people consider me a liberal. And i would offer that this is bad news indeed.

But in the end the UN has some benefit, but its just another imperfect human organization susceptible to corruption and failure.

The entire planet needs reform, including all its governments, as well as the UN.

Andrew

[masaredera]

P.S. - it will be interesting to see the media coverage...so far...nothing on CNN, BBC, CNN International....

What do you expect. Over the last half hour CNNs breaking news banner and now front page story is about somebody getting voted off of big brother.

To me that is justification to end civilization right here and now. We are obviously a lost cause.

Andrew

[Thigmaswams]

Now that Annan is out, I think we'll hear more horror stories come forth.
Annan and whoever else that was involved should be arrested.

I would imagine with the new Secretary General being from South Korea that we're going to start hearing a lot more about the north.

[Fainnamoony]

Not surprising. The UN is pointless. We should get out and save a few hundred billion. The world is not ready to solve its differences peacefully.

I agree. When one (or a handfull of) member has more control over the UN than the others I think the purpose of the UN is rendered useless. There really is no point in maintaining it.

[inve.tment]

I suppose people consider me a liberal. And i would offer that this is bad news indeed.

But in the end the UN has some benefit, but its just another imperfect human organization susceptible to corruption and failure.

The entire planet needs reform, including all its governments, as well as the UN.

Andrew

I said the liberal bit as a hook...I was hoping it would make people comment..it seemed to work.

[masaredera]

I said the liberal bit as a hook...I was hoping it would make people comment..it seemed to work.

Certainly.

Andrew

[N95FzmMw]

Liberals simply do not want to say anything bad about the U.N.

And yet another topic framed in the "liberal" vs. " conservative" context. Wow...

[PypeMaypetasy]

well it is framed in reality really

no one on the left (political spectrum not posting boards)wants to really admit that the UN is totally useless now its a toothless body that accomplilshes nothing but paper hand slaps that the bad guys ignore

for it is their CREDO to have WORLD support for everytime we, the USA takes a dump

[HaroldMY]

well it is framed in reality really

no one on the left (political spectrum not posting boards)wants to really admit that the UN is totally useless now its a toothless body that accomplilshes nothing but paper hand slaps that the bad guys ignore

I don`t quite agree with you Rakkasan.

The UN managed to hold them back for more than a year, before they managed to launch their attack on Iraq.


Jen

[N95FzmMw]

well it is framed in reality really

no one on the left (political spectrum not posting boards)wants to really admit that the UN is totally useless now its a toothless body that accomplilshes nothing but paper hand slaps that the bad guys ignore

for it is their CREDO to have WORLD support for everytime we, the USA takes a dump

So, the right wingers are then? Like I said, another topic framed in "left" and "right". Typical and useless. Worthless in getting at the bottom of problems.