United Nations Corruption
Ran into
this review of what loks to be an interesting book.
(hat tip to Steven at
VodkaPundit)
bq.
Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story of Hell on Earth
Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures is a memoir of UN peacekeeping by three civilians who served in numerous trouble spots in the 1990s, including Rwanda, Somalia, Bosnia, and others besides. It is also a record of UN failure, corruption, and cynicism, and reading it one can easily understand why the UN tried hard to prevent its publication.
And more:
bq. Emergency Sex also deals with the subject of UN corruption. One UN ambassador in Liberia was removed for taking fifteen percent kickbacks on everything the UN purchased. His successor tapped the phones, began sexually harassing vulnerable secretaries, and continued taking the same kickbacks. One thing that this book makes clear is that even with more military clout, the effectiveness of the UN would still be hampered by the low caliber of the people it employs.
Posted by DaveH at August 24, 2004 12:13 AM