Posted on 05/02/2006 10:53:29 AM PDT by dead
Kofi Annan came under fire yesterday for his role in giving a prestigious post to a man who had sat on a panel that awarded the U.N. secretary-general a prize worth $500,000.
Members of Congress and other critics pushing to clean up the United Nations have raised sharp questions over the still-murky circumstances that led to the appointment of Achim Steiner of Germany to head the U.N. Environmental Program.
Steiner, a well-known international activist who headed the World Conservation Union, was a judge on a panel that awarded Annan the $500,000 Zayed Prize for Global Environmental Leadership, sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.
The prize was awarded last December.
Less than a month later, Steiner's name was included on a short list of candidates for the U.N. environmental job, and his appointment was made official on March 15... < snip >
Dujarric said Steiner's name was not put forward by a government. He refused to say who nominated him to the U.N. environmental panel, saying only that a committee that included other U.N. officials debated the nomination and Annan made the final decision... < snip >
The Steiner appointment came despite the fact that his predecessor, Klaus Toepfer, was also German. Normally, the U.N. rotates top appointments to different countries.
Toepfer also sat on the same panel that awarded the $500,000 prize to Annan.
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Step down, Kofi...
What the heck did Kofi do for $500,000 and where did that money come from?
Yet many Senators, including RINOs, worry about Bolton hurting someone's feelings.
What the heck did Kofi do for $500,000
He awarded a prestigious post to Achim Steiner of Germany.
and where did that money come from?
Most likely a combination of tax-payer funded grants and corporate shakedown operations.
I wonder if Kofi decided this when the prize was awarded last December or yesterday when this story broke.
j
The U.N. gets funnier every day...
Oh, come on...do you really need to ask that question? It's been 5 months since the award and it is still in his grubby paws as of yesterday.
Neglected the sarc, didn't think it was necessary.
Sadly, what you say is true , it will die down and most will forget.
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