The UN – does anybody care?
18 April 2007 | Rebecca Ellinor
A recent correspondent followed up our UN corruption coverage with the following lament:
“The only folks who care about extensively documented allegations of corruption in the top tiers of the UN are a handful of US Congressmen, the Feds and maybe a couple of Journalists.”Is this true? Even if individuals aren’t too bothered about procurement’s name being dragged through the mud by certain former UN procurement staff, doesn’t anybody care that the money that has been ahem, misallocated, comes from each of our monthly tax payments?
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Of course people care: millions do.
The important thing to remember in all of this is that the United Nations does a very good job, assisting people who all-too-commonly cannot help themselves. Many UN staff members are dedicated people; some risk their lives and work in environments most of us would run a mile from.
The UN answers to the General Assembly: if you don’t like something in the UN system, write to your local Member of Parliament and ask them to have the matter raised within the system.