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| Annan attacks US over Aids funds | |
| 2004-07-13 | |
| via BBC - EFL UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has attacked the US for failing to deliver enough funds to tackle Aids worldwide. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, he said the fight against terrorism was overshadowing the HIV/Aids epidemic. He expressed disappointment that the US and Europe were not doing enough to help the UN’s global Aids fund. But President Bush’s Aids adviser said the criticism was unfair, as the US was by far the biggest contributor to the campaign to tackle and prevent Aids. ...more... Is he serious? Is he sane? Or is he obfuscating / distracting from the growing troubles at the UN, both his own and those of the dinosaur itself.
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| #9 Such claims are wrong. No other country is committing more money to the battle against HIV/AIDS than the US. The American taxpayer is spending $15 billion over five years to help combat the condition. This dwarfs the commitment from any other government. It is therefore extremely worrying to see that some influential HIV/AIDS activists have seized the opportunity of the Bangkok summit to play politics and aim a totally unmerited kick at the United States. That paragraph is taken from Arab News, believe it or not.... |
| Posted by: Lilly 2004-07-13 5:53:55 PM |
| #8 Kofi's guilt trip on us does not wash any more. The thing that is paying a big part of his salary is US the U.S. There is alot more to the solution of the AIDS problem than just throwing money on it. It is also a matter of nations and citizens taking responsibility for their actions. The U.S. cannot take responsibility for every person in the world who chambers a bad round. World govt type people will drive the world economy into the ground and we will all become poor and f**ked up! Just like BOB. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-13 3:55:03 PM |
| #7 Kofi is just upset that the US won't let him and his UN cronies dip their beaks in the monies the US is spending on AIDS. You see no amount of money can do any good unless it is washed throught the UN bureaucracy and their Cayman Island accounts. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-13 3:14:17 PM |
| #6 If the UN is against Aids, I am FOR Aids. |
| Posted by: Destro 2004-07-13 12:33:40 PM |
| #5 Well, AIDS should be completely under control, once the UN takes the oil-for-food bribe money back. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-07-13 12:28:20 PM |
| #4 Most of the world's funds to study and find a vaccine and treatments for AIDS also comes from the US. So the %#@! is the rest of the world doing other than bitching and moaning? |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-13 10:00:59 AM |
| #3 Oh yeah? Then maybe we can resort to something he is completely used to-bargaining. He wants our money? We'll dole some out when we see UN members acting more like partners instead of arch rivals. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-07-13 9:56:37 AM |
| #2 Hmm... maybe its time for an audit of what the U.N. is doing with the funds it is currently receiving? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-07-13 9:55:02 AM |
| #1 Yes, Kofi. Isn't disappointment a terrible thing? Give France a call. Or Zimbabawe. Or maybe Yasshole. See if they'll pick up the slack. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-13 9:14:28 AM |