Cancel Russia’s UN Contracts
Congress should insist that U.S. dollars not fund United Nations procurement from Russian companies.
United Nations Secretariat
If Trump Hates Obama’s Nuclear Deal, Why Is He Letting Up on Iran?
Iran is stockpiling enriched uranium and may soon receive advanced weapons from Russia. Trump has an easy way to tighten the screws.
Op-eds
Israel, the Palestinians and the United Nations: Challenges for the New Administration
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Congressional Testimonies
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
Turkey’s Terror Finance Problem
Last week’s suicide bombing outside the U.S. embassy in Ankara, carried out by a...
Op-eds
Nice Work: The Taxpayer is Being Stung So This Lord Can Live in Admiralty House
Co-Authored by James Forsyth Mark Malloch-Brown, the minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, was the most prestigious recruit to Gordon Brown’s ministry of all the talents....
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
Can the U.N’s Global Compact Initiative Teach Good Corporate Behavior?
Can the United Nations teach good corporate behavior? That’s the mission of a fast-growing UN initiative called the Global Compact – run out of the Secretary-General’s executive...
Op-eds
Crying Wolfowitz
For two of Paul Wolfowitz's most prominent critics, Mark Malloch Brown and Ad Melkert, the war over the World Bank presidency could not have come at a better time. Whatever else the ousting...
Op-eds
At the United Nations, the Curious Career of Maurice Strong
Before the United Nations can save the planet, it needs to clean up its own house. And as scandal after scandal has unfolded over the past decade, from Oil for Food to procurement fraud to peacek...
Op-eds
The Courtier to Annan
Not so long ago, Kofi Annan was up to his ears in the Oil for Food scandal, and his legacy as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations was on its way down the drain. He was ducking que...
Op-eds
Excess Baggage
Despite today's United Nations deadline for Iran to give up its nuclear bomb program, Iran has done no such thing. The next diplomatic move is supposed to be for the U.N. to impose sanctions...
Op-eds
No Free Parking
The United Nations keeps promising transparency. But for a real window on the U.N., skip the pronouncements of Turtle Bay. The better place to look right now is the federal courtroom in lower Man...
Op-eds
UN Headquarters Renovation: No Accountability Without Transparency
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Congressional Testimonies
The Unreality of U.N. Reform
Not to be outdone by his own ruckus-raising deputy, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan himself is now instructing the U.S. on how to treat t...
Op-eds
United Nations Probes Sale of Irreplaceable Stamp Archive
Co-Authored with George Russell Amid the many scandals at the United Nations, a new mystery now looms. What happened to the world organization's unique and valuable postal...
Op-eds
How Corrupt is the United Nations?
Recent years have brought a cascade of scandals at the United Nations, of which the wholesale corruption of the Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq has been only the most visible. We still do not...
Op-eds
Old Ties Resurface in New Annan Project at U.N.
Coauthored by George Russell NEW YORK — United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has just tabled ostensibly radical proposals for reform, at a proposed cost of mo...
Op-eds
Cash-for-Kofi
The U.N. secretary-general wins a half-million dollar prize in Dubai.
Op-eds
The Blow-Up
Annan insults and distracts.