December 07, 2005
UN to Investigate Excessive Free Speech in Denmark
Fjordman (who unfortunately will be departing from the blogosphere soon), has translated an absolute Must Read article that basically states the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights will investigate the recent publication of 12, rather unflattering cartoons of the…Posted by Jeff on 2005 12: Read more… | Comments (1)
November 17, 2005
French Diplomat & Annan Advisor Admists Taking Bribes From Saddam
In what comes as no surprise, a former French diplomat and Special Advisor to Kofi Annan has reportedly admitted to taking bribes from Saddam Hussein: One of France’s most distinguished diplomats has confessed to an investigating judge that he accepted… Posted by Jeff on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (1)
October 24, 2005
UN Condemns Abuse in Afghanistan
But still no condemnation of the defense contractor burned alive in Iraq. Perhaps they are still wrapping up their 13th million draft meeting to discuss the issue to set the deadline for the proposal to set the agenda. It has,… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
United Nations Day a Bust in Oz
Seems the Aussies still have some common sense and respect for their flag even on this most hallowed of days. God save the Queen if they lose it…. Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 21, 2005
Volcker Comes Out in Favor of UN Budget Cuts
“As things stand, the U.N. has simply lost the credibility and the confidence in its administrative capacities necessary for it to meet large challenges that seem sure to arise in the future,” Mr. Volcker said. Paul Volcker never seemed… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 20, 2005
Sovereignty and the Market State
There is a trial going on in Iraq that contrasts strongly with another trial going on in Europe. Here we have Slobodan Milosevich being tried by an international effort, for half a decade and exorbant cost and in Iraq we… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 28, 2005
Battle Over the Internet Continues
Certain countries continue to try and pressure the U.S. to cede control of the internet to the United Nations. It is worth noting that many, if not most of the countries pursuing this agenda are dictatorships and socialist countries, governments… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (2)
September 08, 2005
UN: Volker Report Outrage
London Times editorial challenges the UN General Secretary Kofi Annan’s ability to lead the UN after the Volker report was given. The Daily Telegraph finds that Annan is defiantly going to stay on the job. The UN is unaccountable and… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 02, 2005
Russian U.N. Official Arrested
A Russian U.N. official has been arrested by the FBI on charges of money laundering: The chair of a powerful United Nations budget committee was arrested by the FBI Thursday on money laundering charges, a federal law enforcement official said…. Posted by Jeff on 2005 09:Read more… | Comments (1)
August 19, 2005
European Firm Admits Paying Bribes to Saddam
A Danish Firm admits paying bribes to Hussein’s Iraq in order to secure a bid in the Oil for Food Program: A Danish maker of industrial pumps, Grundfos, on Friday admitted paying kickbacks to authorities in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq under… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (1)
August 16, 2005
The U.N.’s Nepotism Further Revealed
The investigation into the Oil for Food program is focusing on a new suspect, Kofi’s brother: THE official investigation into corruption in the £20 billion United Nations oil for food programme is now looking at the brother of Kofi Annan,… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 09, 2005
Oil for Peace Update
The Volcker Commission investigating the corrupt Oil for Food Program confirmed the obvious yesterday, that two U.N. officials received bribes for their participation in the program. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Benan Sevan still denies the accusations, while the…Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
July 27, 2005
U.N. Resoultion Aims to Protect Children in War
The U.N. Security Council has passed a resolution aimed at protecting children involved in war: The council agreed to monitor more than 50 governments and rebel groups accused of violating children’s rights and punish those who did not stop. Abuses… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (0)
July 19, 2005
Oil for Food Update: New Bank Accounts Discovered
New bank accounts linked to Benan Sevan have been discoverd: Investigators have discovered overseas bank accounts belonging to disgraced U.N. oil-for-food program head Benon Sevan that could unlock the mystery over whether he profited from dirty deals with Saddam Hussein,… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 14, 2005
Kofi’s Bad Memory
There is new evidence that U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had a greater involvement with his son Kojo’s dealings with Oil for Food company Cotecna (via CQ): A memo written by someone who was then an executive of a major… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 02, 2005
When the First is Second
The MSM has been claiming over the last 24 hours that the Kofi Annan has “dismissed his first U.N. official linked to the scandal-tainted humanitarian plan.” Unfortunately, that is not entirely accurate. In 2002, Dr. Rehan Mullick, an U.N. contractor,… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06:Read more… | Comments (0)
May 09, 2005
U.N. Preparing to Punish Whistleblower
The saga of former United Nations intelligence analyst turned whistleblower William Church is far from over. There is evidence to suggest the UN is preparing to penalize Mr. Church for exposing faults with U.N. intelligence reports in the Congo, as… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05:Read more… | Comments (0)
May 01, 2005
UN Congo Report Update
Media Lies has some new information on the media angle of the United Nation’s false Congo report. You can (and should) read these new revelations here…. Posted by Jeff on 2005 05:Read more… | Comments (1)
April 29, 2005
New Documents Confirm Allegations That Ex-French Minister Bribed by Saddam
Another day, another trip down the ever-growing Oil for Food rabbit hole. This time, there is new corroborating evidence that a French government official was bribed by Saddam Hussein: Charles Pasqua, a former French minister of interior, has emerged as… Posted by Jeff on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 24, 2005
The U.N.’s Dissent Killing Tool
Recent events at the United Nations suggest that the use of temporary contracts is a calculated tool to stifle dissent and engineer harmonization within the organization. The most recent example was the resignation/firing of two investigators on the Oil for… Posted by Jeff on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 21, 2005
Closing in on Unnamed #1 & #2
The Times Online reports that the FBI is close to identifying the two unnamed U.N. officials who allegedly took bribes from Saddam Hussein’s Iraq via North Korean Tongsun Park: THE FBI is closing in on two senior officials at the… Posted by Jeff on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (1)
April 15, 2005
Further Evidence That the U.N. May Have Falsified Congo Report
After commenting last week on the BBC revelation that the United Nations may have used false information to justify increased military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we were contacted by the source of the disclosure, William Church… Posted by GPR on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (2)
April 14, 2005
Pot, Kettle, Black
In an overweening display of chutzpah, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has leveled the blame for the Oil-For-Food scandal at, of course, the United States and Great Britain. Via the AP’s Nick Wadhams… UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan… Posted by Brad on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
April 07, 2005
Anti-Bolton Campaign Will Backfire (If It Has Any Effect at All)
Arguing in today’s Opinion Journal that the United Nations needs an ambassador to the U.S., it was stated that an organization funded by billionaire Leftist George Soros (Open Society Policy Center) and Citizens for Global Solutions will both run campaigns… Posted by GPR on 2005 04:Read more… | Comments (2)
April 03, 2005
Best Insight into Oil for Food Corruption Yet
Two weeks ago we mentioned how the story of U.N. Oil for Food whistleblower Rehan Mullick was being completely ignored by the MSM. Today, the Telegraph provides an in-depth account of the massive corruption witnessed by Mr. Mullick while he… Posted by GPR on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 28, 2005
How Will Kofi Respond to U.N. Scandal Report?
The Times Online offers two possibilities of how U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will respond to the damaging revelations expected in the Volcker Commission report which will be released on Tuesday. Blame his son, Kojo Annan: KOFI ANNAN, struggling to… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 23, 2005
Dubious Oil for Food Payments
New details of the U.N. Oil for Food program are revealed on an almost daily basis showing that the scandal is anything but fully understood and the extent of the corruption continues to grow. Two stories over the last few… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 22, 2005
U.N. Peacekeeping Sex-Capades Further Revealed
As Kofi Annan attempts to promote his United Nations reform proposals and restore faith in the world body, new details of worldwide sexual abuse by U.N. Peacekeepers have emerged: East Timor: AUSTRALIAN soldiers drew arms to protect themselves from Jordanian… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 18, 2005
The Unthinkable: A Whistleblower Is Ignored by the MSM
Those who closely follow the MSM know that there are certain issues which when available, will almost always make the headlines: evidence of global warming, negative news about Iraq, corporate scandals, etc. And it is a sub-issue of the last… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (1)
March 03, 2005
Picture of Oil for Food Cover Up Sharpens
Buried in the Volcker report investigating the United Nations Oil for Food Scandal was information suggesting the cover up of the scandal went beyond Benan Sevan and was closer to Koffi than previously believed: With U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan next… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 27, 2005
U.N. Sex Abuse A Worldwide Problem
As the fallout from the U.N. sexual abuse scandal in the Congo continues, the world body now fears the problem effects each of their 16 peacekeeping missions around the globe: Rocked by widespread abuse of women and girls, including gang… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 22, 2005
United Nations May Control Internet
If pressure from developing nations (i.e. non-representative dictatorships) is successful in influencing a U.N. Panel examining the current structure of the Internet, the U.S. based non-profit organization International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will face calls to cede… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 16, 2005
Oil for Food Disaray
A former employee of Cotecna, the Swiss based company charged with monitoring the Oil for Food program (and the former employer of Kojo Annan), has revealed to U.S. Senate investigators a picture of incompetence and dereliction of duty on the… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
February 10, 2005
Investigating Themselves
When the five-member “Working Group on Situations” meets to decide the agenda for next month’s U.N. Human Rights Commission, they will have three new members who have plenty of experience in the field, although not in the capacity a respectable… Posted by GPR on 2005 02:Read more… | Comments (0)
February 09, 2005
Kojo the Renaissance Man
As Volcker commission investigators pursue new leads that will broaden the probe involving Kojo Annan beyond his Cotecna ties, Judi McLeod of Canada Free Press examines the role of Kojo and an Oil for Food Scandal colleague in the construction… Posted by GPR on 2005 02:Read more… | Comments (0)
February 01, 2005
The Unraveling Continues
Benon Sevan, the official previously in charge of the now defunct U.N. Oil for Food program, has from the beginning been at the center of attention surrounding the corrupt program. Information in the Financial Times today indicates that new evidence… Posted by GPR on 2005 02: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 31, 2005
No (Darfur) Blood for China and France’s Oil!
The United Nations is set to release a report which concludes that the humanitarian crisis perpetrated in the Darfur region of Sudan against non-Muslim Africans by government backed Arab militias is not “genocide.” Since the United States government has all… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 30, 2005
Kojo’s Role in Oil for Food Deepens
The Times Online has obtained information that Kojo Annan, the son of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, was involved in negotiations for at least one (failed) oil deal related to the Oil for Food program: THE son of the United… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 29, 2005
The Turtle Bay Circus Continues
While visiting one of our favorite think tanks this morning, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, we stumbled upon this op-ed piece revealing a disappointing incident that transpired during the tsunami relief effort, but has all but been ignored:… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 27, 2005
Ted’s Brilliant Idea
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy said today that he wanted the United Nations to take over the Iraqi mission from the United States. Such a policy would of course include transferring military, peacekeeping, and budgetary duties, among others. The budgetary problems… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
Fully Capable of Undermining Itself
As foreign news papers gripe about “neo-conservatives” trying to undermine the United Nations, and the domestic media reports of Republican “attacks” on the world body, none of these entities discuss the excellent job the United Nations is doing to undermine… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 20, 2005
The Smoke is Thickening
Fox News is reporting that Samir Vincent, the first person charged and convicted in connection with the Oil for Food Scandal, has informed U.S. authorities that he has first-hand knowledge of at least one U.N. Official taking a bribe from… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 18, 2005
American Oil for Food Update
As Iraqi-American Samir A. Vincent became the first person charged in the U.N. Oil for Food scandal today, it is important to remember that other Americans were involved in the scandal and are likely to have the same fate as… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 12, 2005
U.N. Audits Are A Piece of the Puzzle
It has been a few days now since U.N. audits used by Paul Volcker during his investigation of the Oil for Food program were released, and figures from all sides are putting forth their interpretation of the information. As an… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 11, 2005
Food for Sex Scandal
Additional details of the United Nations’ sex scandal in the Congo are slowly being revealed. Today, the Telegraph provided the latest information, which we excerpt for you here: Peacekeeping troops guarding refugee camps in the Democratic Republic of Congo sexually…Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 08, 2005
U.N. Sex-Capades in Congo Confirmed
Updating a story we have been following since May 2004, the United Nations has determined that sexual abuse allegations leveled against U.N. peacekeepers in the Congo are valid: A United Nations inquiry has found that UN peacekeepers working in DR… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
January 06, 2005
U.N. Tsunami Relief Ineffectiveness
Reuters is reporting that the United States, Japan, India and Australia agreed to disband their “core group” (established to jump-start and coordinate aid relief efforts in the aftermath of the tsunami) and will now merge their aid efforts with the… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
January 04, 2005
Democrats Aim to Rescue Kofi
In the aftermath of John Kerry’s loss to President Bush, there was reason to hope that another failed Presidential campaign would allow the Democratic Party to get back on course through self-reflection. Unfortunately, a recent article by the International Herald… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
December 30, 2004
Sidestepping the Quagmire
“I think this initiative from America to set up four countries claiming to coordinate sounds like yet another attempt to undermine the UN when it is the best system we have got and the one that needs building up. Only… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 23, 2004
United Nations Sex-Capades
The Times Online reported yesterday on the growing and disturbing sex scandal in the Congo involving UN peacekeepers. Here is an excerpt of their report: Home-made pornographic videos shot by a United Nations logistics expert in the Democratic Republic of… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 06, 2004
Laughing Matter
Appearing at the United Nations Correspondents Association as a guest and award recipient, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan made jokes about calls in the United States for his resignation: UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who presented the awards at a black-tie…Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 03, 2004
The Power of Denial
Reuters reports that Britain, Germany, France, Russia, and China rallied around U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday in response to criticism from the United States over the Oil for Food Scandal. French President Jacque Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder…Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 02, 2004
New American Involvement in Oil for Food
ABC News has obtained new information that implicates two additional U.S. citizens in the Oil for Food scandal, one of whom has dubious ties to Bill Clinton: Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq’s suspect… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 01, 2004
“Kofi Annan Must Go”
In an op-ed piece published in today’s Wall Street Journal, the senator leading an investigation into the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food program has called for Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign. Here is an excerpt: Our Investigative Subcommittee has gathered overwhelming evidence… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
November 30, 2004
Kofi’s Cafe
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has publicly responded to the revelation that his son, Kojo Annan, remained on the payroll of a company involved in the Oil for Food Scandal well after the company began their business with the U.N…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 29, 2004
U.N. Reform
The topic of reform dominated United Nations news today. In the first instance, the Daily Telegraph reports that a panel put together by Koffi Annan and charged with the task of “find[ing] ways of healing the divisions over Iraq and… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 26, 2004
The Nail in the Coffin?
“Neither he [Kojo Annan] nor I had anything to do with contracts for Cotecna. That was done in strict accordance with U.N. rules and financial regulations and these are also part of the issues that the panel investigating this issue… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 23, 2004
The U.N. Knew All Along
Continuing with news on the United Nations, The Age reports that a six-month BBC investigation has revealed that the United Nations was fully aware that Saddam was stealing from the program. This should not be too surprising since one of… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
November 19, 2004
Turmoil & Scandal At the United Nations
The United Nations has been in the news a lot lately, and not for especially good reasons. Author Jeb Babbin, who has a new book out called Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse than You… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 17, 2004
Iraq U.N. Cash Sent to Bombers’ Kin
This revelation is probably not all that shocking, but it likely boosts the claim that the United Nations has an anti-Israel agenda: Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 15, 2004
Scraping the Surface
USA Today reports that the United States Senate team investigating the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal has made a startling discovery: Saddam Hussein’s regime made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by subverting the U.N. oil-for-food program through surcharges,… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
October 25, 2004
An Emerging Pattern
“This president hasn’t listened. I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted. I went to New York. I talked to all of them, to find out how serious they were about… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 23, 2004
Oil for Food Businesses
The United Nations has released the names of the companies that conducted business with Iraq through the Oil for Food program. You can view the information here. Plelase note that businesses on this list did not necessarily participate in any… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 22, 2004
Not Done Yet
Former President Bill Clinton is rumored to have his eye set on a new career: Washington: Former US President Bill Clinton has set his sights on becoming UN secretary-general. A Clinton insider and a senior UN source have told United… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 17, 2004
Sudan Update
The Sudanese government, which has allegedly used Arab militias to put down a 19-month rebellion by non-Arab African groups in the Darfur region, denies an U.N. report estimating that 70,000 have died in refugee camps: Sudan disputed a U.N. report… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Circling the Wagons
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has finally given his first public comments on the revelations in the Duelfer report that France, Russia and China (among others) received bribes and oil vouchers from the Hussein regime: The UN Secretary General has… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 13, 2004
France Responds
France’s ambassador to the United States has responded to the Oil for Food corruption charges leveled at his country in the Duelfer report presented to Congress last week: France’s Ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte has condemned what he… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 12, 2004
Evaluating American Involvement in Oil for Food Scandal
Reports in the foreign and domestic press have been discussing possible American involvement in the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal. Wire service AFP is the source of most foreign reports on the topic and uses information from a Saturday New… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
October 06, 2004
Oil for Food Stonewalling
Testimony at the Congressional hearing on the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal revealed yesterday that France, Russia, China and Syria had blocked U.S. led efforts to stop the corruption surrounding the program: The governments of France, Russia, China and Syria… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 04, 2004
For Sale: Three Slightly Used U.N. Security Council Seats
The Times of London has obtained a leaked report complied by the interim Iraqi Government in preparation for a possible legal action against those who may have illicitly profited from the Hussein regime. Here is an excerpt: The report says… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
September 24, 2004
Changing U.N.?
Brazil, Germany, India and Japan recently joined forces to lobby together for permanent seats on the U.N. Security Council, in addition to pursuing reforms at the U.N. in general. They are also working on identifying an African state that would… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 23, 2004
U.N. Avoider General
“Every nation that proclaims the rule of law at home must respect it abroad. And every nation that insists on it abroad must enforce it at home… Throughout the world, the victims of violence and injustice are waiting — waiting… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 16, 2004
Kofi Speak
Here is an excerpt from a BBC Interview with U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan: BBC ANNOUNCER: I wanted to ask you that. Do you think that the resolution that was passed on Iraq before the war did actually give legal… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
June 16, 2004
Quagmire of Progress
One of the enduring enigmas of our time is the growing fixation by the American left and Europe with the United Nations, despite mounting evidence of the U.N.’s inability to handle relatively minor humanitarian tasks. At first glance, the U.N…. Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
June 03, 2004
Missed Opportunity?
As we have stated here previously, the United Nations multi-billion dollar Oil for Food Scandal has not been receiving adequate attention from the elite media given the scope and implications of the scandal. Now comes word from Fox News that… Posted by GPR on 2004 06:Read more…
May 28, 2004
Where’s the Outrage?
According to an investigation by the The Independent newspaper of London, United Nations peacekeeping troops are sexually exploiting teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of the girls, as young as 13, are mothers who… Posted by GPR on 2004 05: Read more…
April 16, 2004
No Peace for Oil
The French Ambassador to the United States, Jean-David Levitte, gave a speech to students and diplomats at UCLA earlier this week where he made allegations of an organized “racist campaign” against the French in the United States. The Ambassador specifically… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
