 United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton said the world body maintains a strong anti-Western sentiment that reinforces resistance to reform efforts. "You all need to come to New York for 30 days, be a part of my mission, and just listen to what goes on there," he told the editorial writers.
| I don't think I have that strong a stomach ... |
Bolton said he feared that a group of developing nations, bent on protecting U.N. patronage jobs, is about to undermine Secretary-General Kofi Annan's proposed U.N. management overhaul. The organization called the Group of 77 on Wednesday demanded studies on the effects of the reform measures.
"The G77 are about to tank this entire reform package on the ground that they're somehow tilted toward the West . . . things like, you know, better procurement systems, better auditing systems, more modern personnel systems, the introduction of information technologies."
| All the things that get in the way of grabbing the loot, in other words. |
Likewise, Bolton expressed frustration with Russia and China for blocking efforts for more than a year to get the Security Council to impose sanctions against Sudan for human rights abuses in the Darfur region. "When 13 months go by and the Security Council doesn't do anything, it's reasonable to ask why anybody should believe anything the Security Council says about anything else," he told the Inquirer writers.
| That's just what Saddam said. |
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