...and something even more dreadfully unacceptable: Corruption!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060226/ap_on_re_us/un_bolton

Quote :

"Bolton Blasts 'Sex and Corruption' at U.N. NEW YORK - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Saturday that the world body is hobbled "by bad management, by sex and corruption" and a lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions. John Bolton also criticized the U.N.'s budget, noting that two-thirds of members pay only 20 percent of the cost. "We find an organization that is deeply troubled by bad management, by sex and corruption and by a growing lack of confidence in its ability to carry out missions that are given to them," Bolton told an audience at a Columbia Law School symposium held by the Federalist Society, a conservative law organization. Bolton, a longtime critic of the U.N., has been leading U.S. efforts to reform the United Nations after the oil-for-food scandal and sex scandals involving U.N. peacekeepers. The oil-for-food program, established in 1996 with Iraq's economy crippled by sanctions, allowed Saddam Hussein to sell oil in exchange for humanitarian goods meant for his people. An inquiry by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker found that Saddam sold oil to foreign countries in hopes of getting their support for lifting U.N. sanctions, and enriched himself by $1.8 billion through a kickback scheme. Companies and politicians essentially paid him for the right to do business, circumventing the U.N. program. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday is expected to unveil his major overhaul for management reform for the United Nations. Bolton on Saturday also described the U.N. as inept for not being able to stop Iran's nuclear development and "devaluing the IAEA," the International Atomic Energy Agency. "Through all of this, the U.S. has been encouraged by Europe to pursue action through the U.N.," Bolton said, adding that patience of the administration was wearing thin. Bolton was given a recess appointment by President Bush as ambassador to the United Nations on Aug. 1 after failing to win confirmation in the U.S. Senate. Because of the recess appointment, Bolton's term expires when the current Congress concludes on Jan. 3, 2007. Bolton — who has a reputation for brilliance, obstinacy and speaking his mind — said in 1994 that it wouldn't make a "bit of difference" if the United Nations lost the top 10 stories from its 39-story headquarters."

Wow. Just...wow.

2/26/2006 12:46:53 PM

IF YOU FEEL PLEASURE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG!

2/26/2006 1:16:07 PM

there is SEX in the UN?

2/26/2006 1:47:50 PM

the reference was to "sex scandals involving U.N. peacekeepers.". Not to sex in the UN itself you clowns.

It is actually a very big problem in some of the countries which the UN polices. In Haiti for example, the peacekeepers will pay several years wages ( just a few hundered dollars) to have sex with a young girl.
Needless (I hope) to say this is not a good influence on Haiti which is so poor to begin with. That the UN peacekeepers who are allegedly there to help would leave such lasting wounds to the people of Haiti is criminal. The UN can proclaim whatever lofty ideals they want but actions speak louder than words and the actions of many peace keepers proclaim that they view Haitians as little more than human garbage.

2/26/2006 3:07:10 PM

i would not have sex with anyone who was from Haiti. Shit anyone who has even been there is off limits.

2/26/2006 4:01:15 PM

Gamecat, your ignorance is embarrassing.

Quote :

"LAST MONTH A CLASSIFIED UNITED Nations report prompted Secretary General Kofi Annan to admit that U.N. peacekeepers and staff have sexually abused or exploited war refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The worst of the 150 or so allegations of misconduct--some of them captured on videotape--include pedophilia, rape, and prostitution. While a U.N. investigation into the scandal continues, the organization has just suspended two more peacekeepers in neighboring Burundi over similar charges. The revelations come three years after another U.N. report found "widespread" evidence of sexual abuse of West African refugees. "The issue with the U.N. is that peacekeeping operations unfortunately seem to be doing the same thing that other militaries do," Gita Sahgal of Amnesty International told the Christian Science Monitor. "Even the guardians have to be guarded." That's not far off the mark. Various U.N. reports and interviews with humanitarian groups suggest that international peacekeeping missions are creating a predatory sexual culture among vulnerable refugees--from relief workers who demand sexual favors in exchange for food to U.N. troops who rape women at gunpoint. Allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct by U.N. staff stretch back at least a decade, to operations in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. A 2001 report, released by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Save the Children, found that sexual violence against refugees in West Africa was endemic (though some of its findings were denied by a subsequent U.N. team). A year later a coalition of religious organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell urging the United States to send more human rights monitors into Congo. The U.N. then introduced a "code of conduct" to help prevent future abuses, including prohibitions against sexual activity between staff and children and the exchange of money or food for sex. It now appears, however, that little has changed on the ground. The U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC) employs about 10,800 peacekeepers from 50 countries, in addition to many civilian staff. Yet there is no independent oversight of U.N. operations in its refugee camps. For that matter, none of the international agencies in the country has U.N. authority to protect the civil rights of internal refugees. Almost a year after the MONUC office in Kindu sent a memo in August 2003 to its headquarters in Kinshasa, detailing suspicions of sexual exploitation, the London Independent discovered action still hadn't been taken. "

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/081zxelz.asp

2/26/2006 4:01:30 PM

Something I've always wondered and perhaps mentioned before...

Power, Men, Sex, Dominance, Reproduction, Evolution

(I was going to try to put my thoughts into words, but I can't think of a way to do it properly...so I just listed a bunch of topics that I think about at the same time.)

A question that maybe might explain the type of things I'm concerned with:

Why do "good" men go to war and rape civilians?

That is just one question I have, and it's not even a good one.

2/26/2006 4:45:15 PM

Good men don't rape civilians

2/26/2006 5:01:00 PM

Bill Clinton for U.N. Secretary-General

2/26/2006 5:06:21 PM

SEX = SEX ABUSE

to fucking senile old conservatives

2/26/2006 5:16:25 PM

soldiers rape people. big deal

2/26/2006 5:40:53 PM

This really is a very legitimate concern with the UN. While working in Bosnia over the years, UN staff have been caught up in some very serious sex scandals. One of the worst being one of the heads of the mission was caught with a live in sex slave that he had purchased off a local pimp.

2/26/2006 7:07:04 PM

^^^obviously you either didn't read the thread or you missed the point


and

Quote :

"Good men don't rape civilians anyone"

2/26/2006 7:23:57 PM

I can understand someone as dumb as bridgetspk not getting the reference but you, Gamecat?

2/26/2006 7:27:11 PM

^Excuse me? All I did was pose a question. I didn't even address the article at all. I just posed a question.

Trust me, SandSanta: there will be plenty of opportunities for you to call me out for being thoughtless and ignorant.

This instance is not one of them.

[Edited on February 26, 2006 at 8:06 PM. Reason : sss]

2/26/2006 8:05:57 PM

^^^ you are right

2/26/2006 8:30:52 PM

TWW didn't work on my upstairs computer, but I downloaded a new browser because I just had to say this:

Quote :

"^Excuse me? All I did was pose a question. I didn't even address the article at all. I just posed a question. Trust me, SandSanta: there will be plenty of opportunities for you to call me out for being thoughtless and ignorant. This instance is not one of them."

I cared enough to defend myself against some bullshit.

2/26/2006 9:28:48 PM

Hahaha...

My ignorance is astounding? These are Bolton's words, chief, not Gamecat's.

2/26/2006 9:32:34 PM

It's funny because people think you missed the point when really they are missing the point...but let me make sure that I'm not missing something:

I'll use Protostar's article...

Quote :

" LAST MONTH A CLASSIFIED UNITED Nations report prompted Secretary General Kofi Annan to admit that U.N. peacekeepers and staff have sexually abused or exploited war refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The worst of the 150 or so allegations of misconduct--some of them captured on videotape--include pedophilia, rape, and prostitution. "

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/005/081zxelz.asp

Sounds like the prolem here is individual (possibly organizational) corruption. Not sex. NOT SEX.

[Edited on February 26, 2006 at 10:47 PM. Reason : sss]

2/26/2006 10:43:44 PM

Quote :

"Bolton on Saturday also described the U.N. as inept for not being able to stop Iran's nuclear development and "devaluing the IAEA," the International Atomic Energy Agency. "

Wait, didn't we devalue the IAEA when we ignored Mohammed El Baradei and his statement?:

Quote :

""We have to date found no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or nuclear related activities in Iraq. "

2/27/2006 12:05:26 AM

Whoops. I just read the original article, and it's not just about sex. Damn thread title. I still think it is odd that he would cite "sex" as a problem.

[Edited on February 27, 2006 at 2:42 AM. Reason : sss]

2/27/2006 2:40:38 AM

Dudes, so was I right about why Bolton is full of shit for citing "sex" as a problem?

Quote :

"Sounds like the prolem here is individual (possibly organizational) corruption. Not sex. NOT SEX."

3/18/2006 4:23:54 PM

Come on now Gamecat, we all know that you can't properly be a leader if you have sex. Because managing under sexual frustration is ALWAYS the "Godly" way.

3/18/2006 4:31:43 PM

Quote :

"U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday is expected to unveil his major overhaul for management reform for the United Nations."

"First, we must find these 'Whistleblowers' and kill them. Next- all Secretary-Generals get a raise."

3/18/2006 10:53:18 PM

This seems like splitting hairs to me...

3/19/2006 3:22:33 PM