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UN condemns comments by Annan's chief of staff
2006-03-19
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Staff Council criticized Secretary-General Kofi Annan's chief of staff for making "misleading and divisive comments" about employees at U.N. headquarters in New York and demanded an apology, according to a resolution. The resolution circulated Friday cited Mark Malloch Brown's comments in a BBC interview on March 8 when he said U.N. staff in New York on tax-free salaries "are actually now a privileged tenured minority." Malloch Brown, who will become the U.N.'s deputy secretary-general on April 1 when Louise Frechette steps down, went on to say that "the real U.N. workers are out in difficult peacekeeping missions around the world on short-term contracts without much security." The resolution, which was adopted unanimously on Thursday, asked Rosemarie Waters, president of the UN Staff Union which represents over 5,000 staff at UN headquarters, to send a letter to Malloch Brown "condemning his misleading and divisive comments to the press."
Posted by:Fred

#6  I still can't fathom how the UN has unionized employees, what with the UN having such stellar leadership, so much egalitarian enlightenment, so much understanding of human rights, and so many of our tax dollars. How could a union develop in such a workers' paradise?
Posted by: Darrell   2006-03-19 15:51  

#5  Ima gonna hold my breath and generate a nano scintilla of sympathy for the United Bunko Nations privileged tenured minority..

/gasp
Posted by: RD   2006-03-19 14:29  

#4  It's not like they don't face danger, too! I mean, what if a paper cut gets infected, or the coffee creamer goes a little off?

$130 tax free? No wonder they had to steal all the silverware from the cafeteria a while back? How could anyone ever afford to live on THAT? (Although, honestly, me & the Tsar wouldn't mind trying, Kofi. Where do I send my resume?)
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-03-19 08:00  

#3  Sheeeit. One thirty ain't walkin roun' money
Posted by: Kojo Annan   2006-03-19 00:59  

#2  $130K a year in Manhatten doesn't even get you a good co-op.
Posted by: Steve White   2006-03-19 00:23  

#1  Ahh, to get paid $130,000 a year to sit up there in Manhattan and nanner nanner all day.... What a life.
Posted by: newc   2006-03-19 00:20  

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