I have come to despise the UN and its functionaries. So has my friend The Diplomad.
The UN is a sham.
Check out all he has to say on the topic. He has friends working the relief effort in-country right now. PowerLine is following it, too.
Not too long ago I made my views known on this topic, and Diplomad is taking it a step further with friends providing first-hand reports.
The US Government and private citizens have joined with those from Japan and Australia to actually help, while the UN leaders posture. Together, our three nations pay nearly 50% of the cost of operating the UN. Fifty percent! Any wonder Kofi Annan wasn’t pleased we are doing this without him?
So, he implies all the work is being done by the UN. Who will ever check?
Bloggers.
I am ready for the UN to be completely dissolved. It would be an easy thing to do. Those nations providing the bulk of UN funding (15 of 191 nations provide over 90% of the money, with the US and Japan topping the list) form a new organization populated only by those with representative governments. New membership will be approved only with a 2/3 majority approval after these initial 15 set up shop. All members will resign from the UN. Representatives to the UN will be denied diplomatic visas to the United States.
Name a single successful UN enterprise. Ever. I search the UN’s web site and could find none. Now, name their failures.
Never mind… it would take too much time.
I’ve always been in favour of burning down the UN building
Comment by Chase — January 1, 2005 @ 3:40 pm
That may be a viable alternative. From something I read earlier in the summer, it is long overdue some reconstruction work.
Comment by Bunker — January 1, 2005 @ 4:34 pm
Here’s a link I keep track of as a reminder: Long List of UN Failures
Comment by Sarah — January 2, 2005 @ 2:53 am