-Caveat Lector- Yet another reason to get rid of the UN, or at least get the US disentangled.
Tenorlove ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linked to WWII crimes, Waldheim continues to receive UN pension Michael Freund Oct. 20, 2002 Despite having been linked to Nazi crimes against the Jews, former United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim continues to receive a six-figure pension from the world body, the New York Daily News reports. Waldheim, who served as a Wehrmacht intelligence officer and has been on a US Justice Department 'watch list' since 1987, receives an annual pension of $124,754. He served two five-year terms as the UN's chief official from 1972 to 1982. Former US Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who served as US representative to the UN from 1975 to 1976, denounced the continued payments to Waldheim. "The awful fact that he still receives a UN pension speaks to the corruption of an institution that has abandoned the principles on which it was established", he said, adding, "Waldheim was a low point in UN history." In the mid-1980's, a Justice Department probe revealed that Waldheim had "assisted or participated in" Nazi deportations and executions of Greek and Yugoslav Jews and allied soldiers in the Balkans during World War II. In 1986, Moynihan introduced a nonbinding rider to a congressional anti-terrorism bill that would have frozen Waldheim's pension by withholding U.S. contributions to it. The measure was approved, but no action has ever been taken to implement it. Waldheim, who is now 83, will continue to receive his UN pension until his death, at which time his widow will collect half of it annually until she dies. The paper notes that when Waldheim retired from the UN in 1982, his pension was $80,000 per year, but that it was repeatedly increased even as evidence surfaced regarding his involvement in war-time atrocities. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
