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| UN warns of injustice during Iraqâs transition to market economy | |
| 2003-07-19 | |
Corruption and other vices of Saddam Husseinâs ousted regime could flourish in Iraqâs transition to a market economy and lead to âgreater injustice,â the United Nations warned on Saturday. âFundamental ethical and human rights concerns must prevail,â UN special representative to Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello told a conference in Baghdad of World Bank and Iraqi officials. âThere is a real danger that corruption, a weak legal/judiciary system leading to a lack of accountability, in-built distortions and vices of the previous system, (such as) unfair privileges, economic and social discrimination, would not only persist but flourishâ during the transition. What kind of democracy would that be in which political and economic transformation leads to greater injustice?â Vieira de Mello asked. âDecisive and sustained reforms are important for the recovery of growth and should be accompanied by social policies designed to protect the most vulnerable groups until growth takes hold,â he said, stressing that investing in people was the âkey to growth."
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #7 Democracy and capitalism flowering in Iraq will make the UN look like the useless organization the sense of which, UN officials have worked arduously to create and maintain. And I agree. Give Kofi and his communist friends a definitive withdrawal date from Iraq, to be closely matched with the UN's withdrawl from the USA. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-7-19 11:57:06 PM |
| #6 UN warns of injustice during Iraqâs transition to market economy These UN officials have absolutely no shame. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-19 11:47:27 PM |
| #5 We'd be happy for the UN to set a date for withdrawal, Mr. Secretary-General. How soon can you vacate the building? It's set for an urban renewal project. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-7-19 8:04:27 PM |
| #4 The BBC has been crowing about a Kofi Annon quote all day. Seems the SecGen wants the US/UK to set a date for withdrawal. And it should be very soon. Between the "special" UN Phool to Iraq and Kofi's pronouncements, well, it's like checking to make sure you're on the opposite side of an issue from Phrawnce - to be sure you're doing the right thing. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-19 3:50:04 PM |
| #3 Do they want to give us tips on how to do it right? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-7-19 2:41:11 PM |
| #2 Yeah, if the corruption gets back enough it could end up looking like the EU Commission on Administrative Affairs. Or any UN refugee program. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-7-19 11:51:05 AM |
| #1 The UN lecturing people on corruption is like Jenna Jameson lecturing us about abstinence... |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-7-19 10:20:54 AM |