bourne2y
2007-01-20 10:10:49
“what is North Korea doing on the UNDP board at all?”
Because it was their turn.
Fitness for the assignment has nothing to do with such things. Since the 1960′s, UN and its programmes (e.g., UNDP) have increasingly been governed by a kind of moral exhibitionism illustrated by the presumption of strict equality regardless of behavior. It’s not likely that this governing principle will be revised:
“NEW YORK — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was forced to drop a key reform proposal that would have merged the important U.N. departments dealing with political affairs and disarmament because of opposition from a powerful bloc of developing countries, U.N. diplomats said.”
