ANOTHER ANNAN IN U.N. OIL SCANDAL

NY Post ^ | Aug 14, 2005 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

August 14, 2005 -- LONDON — The $21.3 billion United Nations oil-for-food scandal has now widened to include the brother of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Kobina Annan, the Ghanaian ambassador to Morocco, is said by investigators to be "connected" to an African businessman at the center of the scandal.

The probe into Kobina's dealings are at an early stage and he has not been interviewed.

However, investigators are understood to suspect that Michael Wilson, an African businessman, and Kobina had a business relationship at the time of the scandal.

A source close to the investigation said: "We believe Kobina Annan may be involved with Michael Wilson and Kojo Annan. We know there is a connection between Kobina and Wilson."

Kobina is the second member of Annan's family — after Annan's son Kojo — to be drawn into the scandal, which has led to the resignation of several senior U.N. officials.

[kcvl]

Kofi Annan: Religion Often Strokes 'Flames of Violent Conflict'

Ted Turner, who helped pay for the event, also addressed the U.N. religious leaders summit Tuesday

Julia Lieblich

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 29 (AP)--Crimson robes outnumbered gray suits, and nuns in saris sat next to swamis in turbans Tuesday at the United Nations, where monks, a cardinal, and even a business mogul addressed more than 1,000 religious leaders at the Millennium World Peace Summit.

[kcvl]

Mr. Bawa Jain is a leader in the interfaith movement, creating and participating in global events that unite religious leaders from diverse faith traditions to address critical issues concerning the peace process. He worked with the office of the United Nations Secretary-General to organize the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders that opened at the United Nations in August 2000. He serves as Secretary-General of the Summit, which is continuing its efforts to identify ways that the worldwide religious and spiritual communities can work together as interfaith allies with the United Nations on specific peace, poverty and environment initiatives.

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Since the United Nations was created, there has always been a common goal, which is to achieve World Peace. But the Summit itself was created on August 1997, when Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Kofi Annan met with CNN President Ted Turner, and both realized that to the better achievement of World Peace, all the spiritual leaders from all around the world should get together, and sign a commitment to peace. We wanted basically, not only to bring religions together, but also races and cultures, all united for common causes: environment, poverty, conflicts, and more.

[Pharmboy]

With ethics advisors like that, we obviously do not need any ethics. This just keeps getting better...irony is so ironical.

[kcvl]

Shouldn't we have Separation of Church and U.N.?!!! Why should taxpayer's pay for a "religious summit" when we aren't even suppose to allow prayer in our own schools?!!!

IMO, it's just another way to funnel money to the one worlders.

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Bawa Jain of the Interfaith Center of New York, a veteran of the interfaith movement, served as the World Peace Summit's secretary-general. Businessman and staunch UN supporter Ted Turner subsidized the event and served as honorary chair. Maurice Strong, secretary-general of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development and senior adviser to Kofi Annan on UN reform, was a key organizer of the event. The list of partner and advisory groups included the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, the National Conference for Community and Justice, the United Religions Initiative, and several other interfaith organizations.

As Jain tells the story, the World Peace Summit grew out of a conversation between Turner and Annan. "If you want peace in the world, Kofi," Turner remarked, "you should bring the religious leaders of the world to the UN and make them sign a commitment of peace." According to Jain and other organizers, the World Peace Summit intended to go beyond other interfaith gatherings that merely seek to bring religious and spiritual leaders closer together in a spirit of mutual understanding and harmony. This event emphasized the consistency between the moral foundations of the world's major faiths and the ideals of the United Nations, particularly in the areas of conflict, poverty, and the environment. The religious traditions and the UN have a "common mission," Jain told us. In his mind the UN provides the perfect venue for bringing political and religious leaders together to address the world's problems jointly.

In his introductory remarks prior to Kofi Annan's address to the World Peace Summit, Bawa Jain made three specific requests of the UN: (1) that a council of religious and spiritual advisers to the UN be established; (2) that a summit of religious and spiritual leaders be convened every ten years at the UN; and (3) that a department of religious affairs be created in the UN Secretary-General's office. Such eventualities may yet emerge, but many oppose any attempt to privilege religion at the UN.8

[EQAndyBuzz]

"Why is Kofi still walking the halls at the UN?"

My bet is house and senate seats in 2006 and the MSM slamming us for doing anything that will reform the UN.

[B4Ranch]

"Amatuer"

Our legislators say the same thing.

[ncountylee]

Great rug or what? LOL

[Pharmboy]

The Fundamentals of Jainism

And here's some more stuff:

Overview of Jain Dharma
Jain Dharma teaches that every single living thing is an individual and eternal soul, which is responsible for its own actions. Jains see their faith as teaching the individual to live, think and act in ways that respect and honor the spiritual nature of every living being to the best of one's human abilities. Jains view God as the unchanging traits of the pure soul, chief among them being Infinite Knowledge, Perception, Consciousness, and Happiness ('Ananta Gnana, Darshan, Chaitanya,' and 'Sukh'). The universe itself is eternal, having no beginning and no end. (Hence, it is said that Jainism is a religious path which does not include the concept of a creator God).

The primary figures of Jainism are the Tirthankaras. Jainism has two main variants: Digambar and Shvetambar. Jains believe in ahimsa (or ahinsa), asceticism, karma, samsara, and the jiva. Jain philosophy has many scriptures written over a long period of time. Many Jains consider the primary scripture to be the Tattvartha Sutra, or Book of Realities written over 18 centuries ago by the monk-scholar Umaswami.

As part of its stance on nonviolence, Jainism goes beyond vegetarianism in that the Jain diet also excludes most root vegetables and certain other foods believed to be unnecessarily injurious. Observant Jains do not eat, drink or travel after sunset and always rise before sunrise.

At approximately 8 to 10 million adherents, Jainism is among the smallest of the major world religions. Despite their meager number, Jains are said to have stood out for themselves and Jains work in a variety of significant fields, mainly businesses and sciences but also education, the arts, and agriculture. Jains have been an important presence in Indian culture, contributing to Indian philosophy, art, architecture, sciences and last but not least the politics of Mohandas Gandhi which led to Indian independence. Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat are likely to have the largest Jain population among Indian states. Another state of India with a relatively large Jain population among its residents is Karnataka. Outside of India, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda) have large communities. Many Jains migrated from E.Africa to UK, Canada & USA.

Jainism has a large following in the Indian region of Punjab, especially the town of Ludhiana. There were many Jains in Lahore (Punjab's historic capital) and other cities before the Partition of 1947. Many then fled to the Indian section of Punjab.

[the invisib1e hand]

Why is Kofi still walking the halls at the UN?

Becuase it's a match made in heaven.

[the invisib1e hand]

oy. the old "nominee account." put everything in the names of your family and friends. 'course, ya gotta give 'em a little off the top, but hey, what's that? you do whachoo gotta do.

And if you ruin their lives in the process...well, shoot, hadn't thought of that. Oh well, they'll be fine. You do whachoo gotta do.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

That's one baaad headrug.

[Chode]

and the HITS... keep right on coming!!!

[knighthawk]

No more UN for US-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[lakey]

Bump - and bump could have an other meaning. Time is drawing near.