Durban II Dollars-for-Hate at the UN; Wait-and-See at the U.S. State Department

By Claudia Rosett Mar 10, 2008 7:08 PM ET

Surely if Libya, Iran, Pakistan, Cuba, Russia and pals want to organize a global mega-conference dedicated to fueling hatred of Jews, Israel and America, the United Nations would refuse to host and pay for it? Surely, at the very least, the Bush administration would categorically refuse to attend?

Think again. Canada gets it, and does the right thing. Condi Rice doesn’t. More in my column in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.

For media inquiries, please contact [email protected] Claudia Rosett is widely recognized as a ground-breaking reporter on corruption at the United Nations. Her investigative reporting skills, drawn from three decades as a journalist covering international affairs, led her to expose the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, the worst financial fraud in the history of humanitarian relief. Ms. Rosett worked from 1984-2002 as a staff editorialist, editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and has appeared before six U.S. House and Senate Committees and Subcommittees to testify on subjects including U.N.-related corruption and the Iran-North Korea strategic alliance. Her work on Oil-for-Food earned Claudia the 2005 Eric Breindel Award and the Mightier Pen award, and for her on-site coverage of China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, she won an Overseas Press Club Citation for Excellence. She is a Foreign Policy Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and writes a column on foreign affairs for Forbes.com.