Claudia Rosett knows of the UN
The real problem is that the opaque and diplomatically immune UN is far better at catering to itself than helping those it proposes — often unrealistically — to protect. UN peacekeeping is a gravy train for UN bureaucrats and for governments of many of the countries providing troops (the top five currently being Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Nigeria and Egypt).
With its multibillion-dollar budget, peacekeeping has been one of the most corrupt arenas of UN activity, a locus of what UN internal investigators in 2006 labeled “a culture of impunity.”Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/raped_under_un_auspices_VXbwyWNNLMyHmm7PdblIVI#ixzz11mTO1aJ2
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