Dear all,
I find this exchange between Jackie Jura and this former United Nations
worker to be very interesting.As the fellow is telling that actualy he was
working in the DRC.
Sharangabo Rufagari
The documentary film "U.N. Me" has uncovered the disturbing truth that
an organization that was created to ennoble man
has instead been ravaged by corruption,
enables evil and sows global chaos.
UN BAD IN MOVIE FOR REAL
"Big Brother is a dedicated sect doing evil."
~ George Orwell, 1984
To Orwell Today,
re: UN CEILING BIG AFRICAN TREE
Hi Jackie,
Thanks for that and the follow up looks good.
Who's side am I on? Well after fifteen years in the UN, only 5 years in the
eastern part of the Congo, I am not torn between who's side I am on as the UN
does so much good and bad work.
Yes! I agree they are into some funny business which I know first hand about.
And on the other side of the coin you have the rebels and even the government,
not for the first time, raping and pillaging. I was in Kalemie for five years
but travelled the entire region either by heli or light aircraft so saw a lot
going on.
I would like to reference or show some of your last input or part of it in my
follow up story as I intend to go on a little more about the eastern Congo, not
what's happening now but what's been going on for quite a long time. However
next I am going to make a follow up comment on the roof falling out of sky on
my "One World One Reason" site.
I have got a UN site also that you may be interested in looking at that will be
well worth mentioning when the movie is released:
U.N. ME: (a documentary about Incompetence. Corruption. Complicity....)
intro: The United Nations was founded on the principles of maintaining
international security and promoting the dignity of mankind. But as the 20th
century became the 21st century, it seems that we haven't seen a marked
improvement in our defense of human rights. "U.N. ME" is a film that exposes
the perversity of the U.N. and its failure to live up to its founding
principles all wrapped up in a highly entertaining film. "U.N. Me" has
uncovered the disturbing truth that an organization that was created to ennoble
man has instead been ravaged by corruption, enables evil and sows global chaos.
The film has a very strong emphasis on entertainment. "U.N. Me" is irreverent,
humorous and intense, using thoughtful and powerful interviews, dramatic
images, hard-hitting politics and caustic commentary. Filming has taken place
on location in exotic settings throughout Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Sorry Jackie, but what part of the world are you from and residing in now? As
for me, I'm a Kiwi, teaching primary students in Thailand, fun job.
Ok, look forward to hearing from you,
Tony
Greetings Tony,
I think your answer is that you're on UN's side, based on working with them for
15 years. But you at least acknowledge they do "much bad work" (which, in my
opinion, defeats their purpose).
That's interesting that you were in Eastern Congo for five years. When you get
around to writing your first-hand account I'd be interested in reading it.
But please be specific when you say that "rebels" and government in the Congo
are raping and pillaging. It's not the rebel Nkunda who is doing it, but he
gets blamed when he isn't even named. The international media uses the word
"rebel" interchangeably, calling Rwandan FDLR Hutus and Congolese Mai-Mai
"rebels" in the same breath with Nkunda, the only real rebel fighting against
atrocities perpetrated against his people by their own government and the
aforesaid forces (including the U.N.) all aligned against him.
In fact it's been objectively reported that it isn't Nkunda's CNDP rebels who
are raping and pillaging, it's the Kabila DRC, Mai Mai and Hutu forces doing it
and blaming it on Nkunda. The U.N. knows this because they are there witnessing
it but, as per usual, doing nothing to stop it, even though it's in their
mandate to use physical force (unlike in Rwanda when they 'weren't allowed' to
fight against the killers). See MUGABE HELPS KABILA FIGHT NKUNDA & CONGO FORCES
AGAINST NKUNDA & CONGO WOLVES ON NKUNDA
Thanks for the info about that "U.N. ME" movie. It will be worth watching, but
with a discerning eye as the clip seems focused on trashing Iran which is
perhaps setting the stage for the UN to be going there next.
It's Orwellian that in today's news (coming as it does the day after exposure
of its $23-million dollar Human Rights ceiling and further $3-billion dollar
renovations to its headquarters) the UN is pleading poverty and begging for
more funds - specifically for its "peacekeeping" missions which have so far
received billions, mainly from Western World taxpayer "contributions" (make
that payTRIBUTEuns) with no peace to show for it anywhere.
All the best,
Jackie Jura
PS - I'm Canadian, residing in Canada. I almost went to Kiwi-land when I was in
Australia, travelling by train thru Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, then boat to
Perth (then drove across Nullarbor Plain to Sydney etc). But I didn't get all
the way "down under" to New Zealand (or Antarctica).
UN peacekeeping faces crisis as funds, troops dry up. Reuters, Dec 7, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - U.N. peacekeeping is headed for a crisis, with demand for blue
helmets around the world skyrocketing, financial contributions dwindling and
reserves of well-trained soldiers drying up. The term peacekeeping cannot be
found in the United Nations charter and yet the U.N. peacekeeping department
has grown exponentially since its first mission in 1948. Its $7.1 billion
dollar budget now dwarfs that of the U.N. secretariat itself. But U.N.
officials say even that budget is insufficient as the United Nations prepares
for a mission to Somalia and to expand current missions in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic. Fabienne Hara,
vice president of the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think-tank,
said U.N. peacekeepers may find it hard over the next few years to finance
missions as countries feel the heat from the global financial crisis.
"Contributions of U.N. members states will probably not
grow at the very least, if not diminish," she said, adding that some missions
"may not be funded properly due to a crisis in terms of resources."
There are other problems. With some 112,000 mostly Third World forces spread
across the globe, some of the traditional U.N. troop contributors say they are
running out of troops. Western states complain that Iraq and expanding
commitments in Afghanistan mean they have no spare soldiers for other U.N.
missions and urge states like Russia to step up. While developing countries
like India and Pakistan provide most of the U.N. troops, it is rich countries
that foot the bill. The United States alone pays for around a quarter of the
peacekeeping budget and under a dozen developed countries cover nearly 90
percent. All of them now face recession fears.
U.N. diplomats and analysts agree that most of the 63 U.N. peacekeeping
operations can be considered successful. In fact, a 2005 RAND Corporation study
found that U.N. peacekeeping missions have proven more effective than U.S.-led
operations. But there have been some glaring U.N. failures due to a variety of
reasons. In 1990s, U.N. peacekeepers failed to prevent the genocide in Rwanda
and a major massacre in Bosnia. One of the contributing factors, analysts say,
was insufficient resources to confront the conflict, a risk that may present
itself again as funding pressures increase for missions that have increasingly
forceful mandates. "UN forces ... do fail, but this is often the result of
either too few troops or too little money," said political analyst Max Bergmann
of the National Security Network.
"Our reliance on the United Nations to address trouble spots and to prevent
them from worsening has only increased," he said. "Shorting the U.N. on
peacekeeping funding is therefore akin to shooting ourselves in the foot."
Another accusation routinely hurled at the blue helmets is that they are often
inept and cowardly. U.N. officials vehemently reject this charge, citing rising
post-Cold War death rates as just one proof of U.N. peacekeepers' courage. In
the case of Congo, U.N. officials dismiss suggestions that U.N. peacekeepers
could have prevented the flight of a quarter million civilians in eastern Congo
caused by a renewal of fighting between government forces and rebels loyal to
renegade Congolese Gen. Laurent Nkunda. "We didn't, and still don't, have
enough people there," said a U.N. official. "Congo's big as western Europe."
While some council diplomats accuse the 17,000-strong U.N. mission in Congo,
known as MONUC, of not implementing its
mandate "robustly" enough, the council took one and a half months to approve a
request from MONUC chief Alan Doss for 3,000 reinforcements he said were
desperately needed. Diplomats say it may take many more months to find 3,000
extra troops and police for MONUC -- if they are found at all. Western
diplomats say Congo is not as strategically vital as Afghanistan or Iraq, so
they will send no troops.
Another U.N. official said he worried that the Security Council saw its job as
completed now that it had approved an increase in MONUC. He said the council
should be lobbying countries to offer troops and equipment needed by the
mission. "The Security Council can drop the ball, move on to another issue and
we're the ones at fault," the official said. "We've seen before that is a
recipe for failure." One senior Western Security Council diplomat said that
criticism was valid but added that it was time for other countries with large,
well-trained armies to offer soldiers to the Somalia, Congo and other missions
in need of troops. "We're not the only ones who can do this," the diplomat
said. "Where are the Russians, the Ukrainians? Where are the developing
countries who want to have seats on the Security Council? Where is Brazil? It
doesn't always have to be us."
UN CEILING BIG AFRICAN TREE
$23-million Human Rights ceiling collapsing (UN avoiding story getting out).
Human Rights Tribune, Dec 6, 2008
UN wants $1-billion renovation in Geneva (after $1.9-billion facelift in New
York). Fox News, Dec 6, 2008
UN Human Rights ceiling cost 20-million euros (money lifted from foreign aid
budget) & Taxpayers see red over UN Sistine Chapel (Spain paid for UN ceiling
in Switzerland) & photos of UN 15,000 sq/ft Geneva ceiling.
Brussels/Irish/Galeria, Dec 1, 2008
UN failed in $1.2-bn Congo peacekeeping role (betrayed pledge to combat Rwandan
Hutus; unwilling to prevent civilians being killed). Uganda New Vision, Dec 1,
2008
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