It’s Time for Biden to Ratchet Up the Pressure on the WHO
Washington and its allies have several levers for reforms.
Oil-for-Food Programme
Covid-19’s origins remain unknown. Holding China and the WHO accountable is necessary.
The U.S. should push the WHO to establish global health sanctions that could be levied to compel compliance from countries during during a health crisis.
Op-eds
Diplomatic Malpractice: Reforming the WHO After China’s COVID Cover-up
Memos
The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations
In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...
Op-eds
UN Oil-for-Food Program
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Committtee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. Speaking as a journalist, I would like to tell you that when I fir...
Congressional Testimonies
Goldstone Returns
Richard Goldstone’s anti-Israel bias could once again have grave results.
Op-eds
A New Job for Kay
When David Kay recovers from his weapons hunt, there's another Iraq-related quest I'd like to send him on. It's time a top intelligence team went scavenging for the real numbers on...
Op-eds
Bad Faith Actor
In the pantheon of United Nations causes, Africa by many measures occupies a preeminent role. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has described “the African challenge” as “the highest...
Op-eds
An Oil for Food Exposé
Having stood trial for almost a month in a Manhattan federal courtroom, 83-year-old Texas tycoon Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. struck a deal Monday. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United Nat...
Op-eds
The Deepening Mysteries of U.N. Financial Disclosure
When the new U.S. Congress convenes in January, there may be revived interest in oversight of a runaway United Nations. The U.N. system is fueled by billions every year in U.S. tax dollars, but h...
Op-eds
Interview with Claudia Rosett on Middle East and Ground Zero Mosque
Accuracy in Media recently interviewed Claudia Rosett, the director of the Investigative Reporting Project at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, about Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel...
Op-eds
UNICEF’s Proliferation-Prone Banker
Does the U.N. read its own resolutions on Iran?
Op-eds
Hit Iran Where it Hurts
Co-authored by Joshua Goodman Barack Obama's recent call for a "world without nuclear weapons" represents a daunting challenge in an era of increased nuclear proliferation....
Op-eds
Unanimous Senate Amendment Opposes Federal Funds for Companies Doing Business in Iran’s Energy Secto
Energy Department has pending contract with Iran's largest gasoline supplier Washington, D.C. (April 6, 2009) -- The Foundation for Defense of Demo...
Press Releases
Scandal Central
The United Nations likes to sell itself as a mentor of good governance. But the recent deep-sixing of a damning in-house report suggests it might more honestly advertise itself as an example of h...
Op-eds
Oil-for-Food Lawsuit Today, Cash-for-Kim Complaints Tomorrow?
Almost five years after Kofi Annan lauded the UN Oil-for-Food program while declaring it over and done with, the vast ensuing scandal continues to ooze and bubble through the U.S. courts. With th...
Op-eds
Could Be the Best Reason Yet for a Military Strike on Iran
Mohamed El Baradei, head of the UN’s IAEA, says if there’s a military strike on Iran, he’ll resign. On the road to a safer world, what a two-fer! According to...
Op-eds
An Oil for Food Exposé
Having stood trial for almost a month in a Manhattan federal courtroom, 83-year-old Texas tycoon Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. struck a deal Monday. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United Nations' former Oil for Food program for Iraq. Brushing past me on his way out of the courtroom -- he's clearly familiar with my writing on the subject -- he shot a remark: "You ought to be happy."
Op-eds
Ban the Old Ways
We are about to learn the meaning of “ethics” in the United Nations administration of Ban Ki-moon. Eight months after Secretary-General Ban took office, promising to “restore tr...
Op-eds
More Questions about the U.N. in North Korea
It’s bad enough that the United Nations Development Program office in North Korea has been handing over hard currency to the regime of Kim Jong Il. But a new twist now emerging in the Cash-...