Ambassador Seeks Change in U.N. Management - Yahoo! News
Ambassador Seeks Change in U.N. Management - Yahoo! News: "UNITED NATIONS - U.S. Ambassador John Bolton called Friday for a 'cultural revolution' in the way the
United Nations does business, citing the oil-for-food scandal as an example of the need for sweeping reform at the world body.
A report this week blamed bad management for allowing
Saddam Hussein's government to reap $10.2 billion from the humanitarian program designed to help the Iraqi people cope with U.N. sanctions.
'This is the kind of development that I think shocks our conscience in America, to see the humanitarian impulse so cynically manipulated,' Bolton said in a speech to the World Jewish Congress.
Management reform is one of the major issues on the agenda for world leaders attending next week's U.N. summit.
The report Wednesday by an independent committee criticized a failure to spot evidence of corruption, saying neither the Security Council nor the U.N. Secretariat headed by Secretary-General
Kofi Annan was in charge. The committee was led by former U.S.
Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker.
"Management reform is not a one-night stand. Management reform is forever. What we really need is a cultural revolution in terms of reform at the United Nations," Bolton said.
"Whatever we accomplish is really just the beginning," he said.
Among the 191 U.N. member states, there is widespread agreement on the need to overhaul the Secretariat."
United Nations does business, citing the oil-for-food scandal as an example of the need for sweeping reform at the world body.
A report this week blamed bad management for allowing
Saddam Hussein's government to reap $10.2 billion from the humanitarian program designed to help the Iraqi people cope with U.N. sanctions.
'This is the kind of development that I think shocks our conscience in America, to see the humanitarian impulse so cynically manipulated,' Bolton said in a speech to the World Jewish Congress.
Management reform is one of the major issues on the agenda for world leaders attending next week's U.N. summit.
The report Wednesday by an independent committee criticized a failure to spot evidence of corruption, saying neither the Security Council nor the U.N. Secretariat headed by Secretary-General
Kofi Annan was in charge. The committee was led by former U.S.
Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker.
"Management reform is not a one-night stand. Management reform is forever. What we really need is a cultural revolution in terms of reform at the United Nations," Bolton said.
"Whatever we accomplish is really just the beginning," he said.
Among the 191 U.N. member states, there is widespread agreement on the need to overhaul the Secretariat."
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