Despair not, for salvation is on its way
As early as this week, we might see the publication of the independent report on the oil-for-food scandal that has hurt the UN.
That last bit is my entry for the understatement of the week contest.
The Times reported last week that the current head of UNDP, Mark Malloch Brown, who’s leaving his post to become Annan’s chief of staff, predicted “an ambitious package of proposed structural and personnel changes” soon after the oil-for-food report would come out.
Well said. But is it credible? Can anyone think of lost trust being regained by shuffling a bunch of bureaucrats around and changing organization charts?‘’To achieve its potential and another San Francisco moment,'’ said Mr. Malloch Brown, referring to the site of the creation of the organization, ‘’the United Nations must win back the trust of the American public and world public opinion.'’
T K Vogel | 9:58 am |
