Which is emblematic of why the UN is a broken system -- it pays tyrants bribes to do humanitarian work and pretends it is morally superior... Instead it just created a culture of corruption...
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/korea/articles/20090813.aspx >>> The UN has been caught again, paying large bribes, using money donated to >>> purchase food for starving North Koreans, to the North Korean government. >>> This time, the scam involved inflated shipping fees and the use of North >>> Korean government owned shipping companies to move donated food from a >>> Chinese port to a North Korea port. This arrangement was intended to >>> provide the North Korean government with over $100 million, as well as a >>> kickback to the UN. Earlier scams like this have made it increasingly >>> difficult for the UN to raise money from international donors to feed >>> hungry North Koreans. Much evidence has accumulated indicating that a lot >>> of the food aid to North Korea has been diverted (either to the North >>> Korean military, or local and Chinese markets for resale.) North Korea has >>> recently imposed more restrictions on UN distribution of food, making it >>> more difficult to detect these thefts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
