Comments on: The UN has another bad day…. http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:05:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dusty http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67321 Dusty Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:22:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67321 Damn, forgot to add the link (FAQ 2): http://www.iic-offp.org/about.htm#11.%20Is%20the%20IIC%20the%20only%20body%20currently%20investigating%20the%20OFFP Damn, forgot to add the link (FAQ 2):

http://www.iic-offp.org/about.htm#11.%20Is%20the%20IIC%20the%20only%20body%20currently%20investigating%20the%20OFFP

]]> By: Dusty http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67320 Dusty Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:21:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67320 In keeping with Kevin P's comment above, I was (not) a little annoyed with Volcker's infusion of his own perceived mandate of "his committee's purpose in keeping the focus of their work on the need for United Nations reform." Bookmarked a while back (to avoid entering a Google quagmire later) believing the train would jump the tacks at some point, here is the UN Pulse page that provides the mandate given to HIS committee: Not only is there no direction for him to focus on reform, there is not even a hint of suggestion that Volcker spend any time focusing on reform. The job of HIS committee is to point fingers at "procedures ... violated", and "illicit or corrupt activities" as comprehensively as possible. That is all. If Volcker wanted to assist in reforming the UN, his best course would be to lead by example and stick strictly to his mandate, not float off into the neverland of personal "In my mind, this part of our investigation" add-on focusing that runs rife in the UN. It seems to me that while his is far less noxious, it is of the same family of personal add-on focusing that he is (was) mandated to investigate in the first place. In keeping with Kevin P’s comment above, I was (not) a little annoyed with Volcker’s infusion of his own perceived mandate of “his committee’s purpose in keeping the focus of their work on the need for United Nations reform.”

Bookmarked a while back (to avoid entering a Google quagmire later) believing the train would jump the tacks at some point, here is the UN Pulse page that provides the mandate given to HIS committee:

Not only is there no direction for him to focus on reform, there is not even a hint of suggestion that Volcker spend any time focusing on reform. The job of HIS committee is to point fingers at “procedures … violated”, and “illicit or corrupt activities” as comprehensively as possible. That is all.

If Volcker wanted to assist in reforming the UN, his best course would be to lead by example and stick strictly to his mandate, not float off into the neverland of personal “In my mind, this part of our investigation” add-on focusing that runs rife in the UN. It seems to me that while his is far less noxious, it is of the same family of personal add-on focusing that he is (was) mandated to investigate in the first place.

]]> By: JM Hanes http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67319 JM Hanes Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:35:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67319 What I'd like to know is why Ms. Rosett hasn't already been awarded a Pulitzer for her work on this story! What I’d like to know is why Ms. Rosett hasn’t already been awarded a Pulitzer for her work on this story!

]]> By: eretzgo http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67318 eretzgo Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:08:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67318 We need to sponsor something along the lines of a United Democracies, and shift current UN operations to it. The UN can remain as a talking shop - no need to slime ourselves with the accusation of disengagement. but the current Kabuki play does not run to our or freedom's advantage. We need to sponsor something along the lines of a United Democracies, and shift current UN operations to it.

The UN can remain as a talking shop – no need to slime ourselves with the accusation of disengagement. but the current Kabuki play does not run to our or freedom’s advantage.

]]> By: Kevin P http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67317 Kevin P Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:53:33 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67317 Roger: It's the reforms, stupid!!! And Kofi agrees. He needs more power and the reforms he is pushing will give it to him. Nixon must be looking at this and musing " That's where I screwed up, instead of resigning I should have led the reform brigade and kept my job at the same time! Reforms without accountability. What a brilliant re- branding slogan. Roger:

It’s the reforms, stupid!!! And Kofi agrees. He needs more power and the reforms he is pushing will give it to him. Nixon must be looking at this and musing ” That’s where I screwed up, instead of resigning I should have led the reform brigade and kept my job at the same time! Reforms without accountability. What a brilliant re- branding slogan.

]]> By: thibaud http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67316 thibaud Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:51:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67316 Talk about good luck for Kofi: hte report was issued on the same morning of Miers' withdrawal, just 48 hours before another media bombshell's about to burst on the scene (Fitzgerald and the indictment announcement). This is almost as good as Ted and Joan Kennedy announcing their divorce on the day that the Iranian hostages were released and Reagan was inaugurated. Did Volcker time it this way? Talk about good luck for Kofi: hte report was issued on the same morning of Miers’ withdrawal, just 48 hours before another media bombshell’s about to burst on the scene (Fitzgerald and the indictment announcement). This is almost as good as Ted and Joan Kennedy announcing their divorce on the day that the Iranian hostages were released and Reagan was inaugurated. Did Volcker time it this way?

]]> By: TigerHawk http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67315 TigerHawk Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:07:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67315 The Volker inquiry's final report is <a href="http://www.iic-offp.org/story27oct05.htm" rel="nofollow">here.</a> It is a 600-page monster. Last one who reads it is a rotten egg. The Volker inquiry’s final report is here. It is a 600-page monster.

Last one who reads it is a rotten egg.

]]> By: dubhail http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67314 dubhail Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:19:12 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/10/27/the-un-has-another-bad-day/#comment-67314 The most amazing bit of the Rosett article is that someone actually got prosecuted. Most, if not all, of the previous supranational procurement scandals just ended with the whistleblower being fired. Maybe things are starting to change..... The most amazing bit of the Rosett article is that someone actually got prosecuted. Most, if not all, of the previous supranational procurement scandals just ended with the whistleblower being fired. Maybe things are starting to change…..

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