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Boutros Boutros-Ghali has an interesting take on the U.N.’s scandals:
Former United Nations chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali is blaming the oil-for-food scandal on “right-wing politicians” in the United States, saying they are merely using it as a tool to damage the world body’s reputation.
That’s an interesting thought. So if someone robs a store and the store-owner calls the police, is the store-owner merely using the crime as a tool to damage the thief’s reputation?
From the NY Times:
UNITED NATIONS, March 24 – A report on sexual abuse by peacekeepers recommended Thursday that offending soldiers and their commanders be punished by their home countries, that payments made to them be recovered and put into a fund for victims and that the United Nations make compliance with these measures a condition for taking part in its missions.
Are those reporting on such abuses merely using them as a tool to damage the UN’s reputation?
It’s an interesting approach. Anyone who would like to do something about the multi-billion dollar U.N. oil-for-food scandal is merely using the scandal as a tool to damage the U.N.’s reputation.
I guess he’s right about everything except the “merely.” Those objecting to such abuses, also want to put an end to the abuses themselves.
