I appreciate the report that individuals are responsible for the scandals that have plagued the UN. The Volcker report emphasized the responsibility of the UN’s permanent members equally with the office of the Secretariat in any procurement scandal.

Sadly, your article implies that the U.S. pays and pays and pays into the UN system. You neglect however to note that the U.S. benefits more in terms of procurment contracts than any other government. NY Mayor Gulliani even counter anti-UN arguments during his tenure by noting that NYC alone earns about $3 BILLION a year by hosting the UN – more than the U.S. pays in in annual dues.

Let’s be balanced. The UN members states (not some mythical unitary UN) allow corruption in the system to continue. The U.S. taxpayers score big in terms of GDP as the host country.