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Lighting Bolton to UN: US Could Bypass If Reforms Don't Kick In | |
2005-11-23 | |
John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, warned Tuesday that the United States might bypass the United Nations to solve some of the world's pressing problems if the organization is unable to make management changes that will make it more effective and prevent a recurrence of corruption. Bolton's remarks come as the Bush administration is encountering stiff resistance from poor countries to United States-backed initiatives aimed at streamlining the United Nations' management practices. The influential Group of 77 developing nations recently issued a letter sharply criticizing plans by Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish an ethics office and to review General Assembly-created programs that are more than five years old to determine whether they should be shut down.
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Posted by:Captain America |
#8 John Bolton : Excederin Headache #327 |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-11-23 16:29 |
#7 Get the Japanese on board with the no funding thing. They already are. |
Posted by: phil_b 2005-11-23 16:13 |
#6 I'd pay for the |
Posted by: .com 2005-11-23 11:37 |
#5 I'm all for burning down the UN with all the UN asshats inside (Bolton would be outside with the match). |
Posted by: mmurray821 2005-11-23 11:28 |
#4 Get the Japanese on board with the no funding thing. |
Posted by: mojo 2005-11-23 10:27 |
#3 Heard a bit of a news item on Fox that if the UN doesn't get moving on reforms the US will start witholding funding. Bout danm time! |
Posted by: raptor 2005-11-23 05:45 |
#2 Sharply criticizing plans for an ethics office and review of GA-created programs? Gosh, why would they object, much less sharply criticize? Clean programs that are effective and honest are good, right? Lol. Hey look! There's a dead rat on the kitchen floor! |
Posted by: .com 2005-11-23 00:46 |
#1 Bolton's remarks come as the Bush administration is encountering stiff resistance from poor countries to United States-backed initiatives aimed at streamlining the United Nations' management practices. "Whaddya mean - 'no more skimming'?" |
Posted by: Pappy 2005-11-23 00:38 |