Thursday, October 18, 2007
The United Nations - Scandalous and Incompetent?
The U.N. seems like bad government on steroids.
And financed by the U.S. taxpayer, no less...
And financed by the U.S. taxpayer, no less...
Cliff Kincaid writes at GOPUSA.com:
"The dramatic case, Sam-Thambiah against the Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, involves allegations of sexual harassment and pornography. One side charges 'distortions and fabrications.' The other side alleges 'mismanagement and irregularities.' What makes this case unique is that it involves the shadowy world of a U.N.-affiliated agency that the U.S. Senate is poised to provide with millions of dollars through ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
In addition to the explosive corruption case, taken before a United Nations Administrative Tribunal for adjudication, a confidential source in the United Nations has come forward to allege that the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is known for having management problems and that it suffers from a lack of administrative and ethical oversight.
What's more, a review of the public record demonstrates that many countries belonging to UNCLOS don't pay their dues or even show up at meetings of the ISA. The notes of one meeting suggest that U.S. ratification of the treaty and membership in the treaty organization could produce more funds to pay more countries to attend.
In effect, Senate ratification of UNCLOS could serve as a financial bailout of a failing and dysfunctional U.N. bureaucracy."
