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International-UN-NGOs
US quietly blocking UN headquarters' renovation
2006-04-08
The United States is quietly blocking the start of a long-awaited renovation of United Nations headquarters in hopes of keeping down costs, US Ambassador John Bolton acknowledged on Thursday. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked for an authorization of $100 million in new spending to get the work under way later this year, but Washington wants to commit to just $23 million at present, Bolton said.

The plan has been languishing in the UN General Assembly's budget committee for the past three weeks, and diplomats said Washington was at this point the lone obstacle. "For three weeks now, the committee has been hung up on the issue, with no real word from the US as to where things stand and when they might get resolved," said one diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. Bolton said: "This is not a matter of saying we are for or against the plan. What we are saying is, 'Let's do this in a responsible, prudent, graduated fashion.'"
Posted by:Fred

#15  If you're gonna do all that, might as well *$@%&$#% them, too. Not much fun for the gerbil, but what the heck...
Posted by: Dave D.   2006-04-08 21:46  

#14  It's sorta like Joe with symbols instead of caps, except that you left out Hillary references.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-04-08 21:37  

#13  You are too kind, NS.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-04-08 20:47  

#12  Thanks Zenster. That makes up for going cold turkey on .com.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-08 20:39  

#11  I'd like to %&*#@ all of these $%&@# until they can't *&^# before sun-up with a pole up their @%$&* inserted sideways! Then I'd #%$&* all of their daughters for afters once they'd %^@#* me twice and let my wolf-hybrid $%&^* them too! Then I'd wrap them all in duct tape, %$&*@# them again and sell the video online.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-04-08 20:34  

#10  C'mon, Zenster - don't hold back.

We can take it - tell us what you really think of the Useless Nitwits. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-04-08 20:14  

#9  Get the UN off of American soil! It has tarnished itself beyond redemption and is essentially a source of intelligence agents from every single other country on earth. The UN needs to be moved to some backwater bumf*ck location where appointment constitutes a punishment posting. Only the most dedicated and altruistic world government types would seek the assignment. The only money we spend should be to provide free demolition and removal of the old offices once they are abandoned. They are nothing but a disgrace to human and political integrity.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-04-08 19:39  

#8  I can't believe Annan is serious! In these days of budget cuts for the cost of freedom, we have absolutely no slush funds for them to waste. We'll get back to the UN when we get our federal deficit balanced. Maybe they can build a spacious building on cheap land in Iran after it gets leveled? Keep an eye on the mullahs, and all.
Posted by: Danielle   2006-04-08 17:16  

#7  It'd make more sense to sell the land in manhattan and use the proceeds to build a new UN headquarters in a more inexpensive place like Harare or Pyonyang.
Posted by: DMDF   2006-04-08 17:03  

#6  They should paint the interior of that builing in pink, all of it. The chairs, the bathrooms, the people...pink pink pink.
Posted by: Florida Gator   2006-04-08 14:31  

#5  I hear that property in Dafur is really cheap now-a-days. Lots of room to expand and they may even have a few underage girls and boys left...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-04-08 12:32  

#4  Put it on fast track. Right there behind President Thomas Jefferson's request to convert to the metric system.
Posted by: Theang Spereger8571   2006-04-08 12:17  

#3  UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has asked for an authorization of $100 million in new spending to get the work under way later this year,

....and the contract award goes to Kojo Construction Company, a US title 41, Federal EO 11458 and 11625 registered firm.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-04-08 09:55  

#2  Hell, don't do it quietly.

Block their wasting more of our money out loud, right in front of God and everybody.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-04-08 00:42  

#1  "We need time for the weapons inspectors consultants to finish their reports."
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-04-08 00:33  

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