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The United States is the largest member donor to the United Nations, contributing up to 25 percent of its entire worldwide operating budget (27 percent for U.N. peacekeeping activities) to the tune of billions of dollars each year. In addition, the United States hosts the U.N. headquarters in New York, including the thousands of diplomats and agency employees. Given the level of American investment and the impact of the United Nations on world opinion and events, we must make sure taxpayer money is not subsidizing activities which hurt American security, values and interests.
The evidence is not good. A slew of indictments involving fraud and abuse of U.N. funds (again, a quarter of which comes from the United States) indicates the United Nations is incapable of protecting American taxpayer investment. What’s more, the organization and its member states appear unwilling to adopt any meaningful reforms to better protect against these abuses in the future.
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Senator Coburn questions Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton
Jan 16, 2009
Senator Coburn seeks transparency with World Bank and U.N. programs in Iran
Apr 10, 2008
Senators concerned with U.N. Secretary-General undermining U.N. ethics reform
Dec 14, 2007
Senators applaud Secretary Rice’s oversight and reform agenda at U.N.
Nov 14, 2007
Dr. Coburn Urges Under Secretary General Barcena to Promote Real Transparency at the U.N.
Jun 12, 2007
Chairman Coburn Urges Incoming Secretary General to Restore Credibility to the U.N.
Nov 3, 2006
Subcommittee Oversight Efforts Identify $1.1 TRILLION in Waste or Questionable Spending
Oct 19, 2006
U.S. contributions to the U.N. system are over $5.3 billion
Aug 1, 2006
Senators Call for “sunshine” in U.N. Spending in Letter to Kofi Annan
Jun 27, 2006
GAO reports on weaknesses at the United Nations
Jun 10, 2006
Dr. Coburn Addresses global malaria control experts at United Nations
May 30, 2006
Senators Coburn, Sessions and Inhofe Express Concern About Cost of UN Renovation Plan
May 8, 2006
Examples of Government Waste:
While millions starve, U.N. diverts scarce funds to produce cookbooks
Nov 7, 2008
UNDP fails to bring employee to justice for genocide
Jul 18, 2008
UN report finds 43% of procurement is tainted by fraud
Oct 15, 2007
UN renovations already $148M overbudget before breaking ground
Jul 12, 2007
UN plans to divert more U.S. tax dollars to illicit North Korean programs
Jun 15, 2007
Top UN Official Threatens U.S. Ambassador for investigating illicit UN program in North Korea
Jun 15, 2007
U.N. Disarmament Commission re-elects state sponsor of terrorism Iran as Vice Chairman
Apr 11, 2007
United Nations to spend $4.3M for lavish upgrades to Secretary General's Manhattan Apartment
Dec 6, 2006
U.N. employees were allowed to take paid leave to attend the United Nations Inter-agency Games in Pesaro, Italy earlier this month
Jun 1, 2006
News:
TV crew expelled from UN meeting on freedom of expression
Jan 25, 2009
AFP and EJP
At UN, As Sudan Heads G-77, Ban Offers Praise Despite War Crimes
Jan 23, 2009
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
The U.S. Votes 'Present' at the U.N.
Jan 12, 2009
By JOHN R. BOLTON
Wall Street Journal
Gaza Bedfellows UNRWA And Hamas
Jan 9, 2009
By Claudia Rosett
Forbes
Shame On Bush And Condi
Jan 9, 2009
A $300 Million Throwaway
Jan 9, 2009
By DAVID D'ARCY
Wall Street Journal
How the U.N. Perpetuates the 'Refugee' Problem
Jan 6, 2009
By NATAN SHARANSKY
Wall Street Journal
Look out! Millions of “environmentally persecuted” third worlders may be headed our way
Dec 29, 2008
Refugee Resettlement Watch Blog
U.N. Push to Stem Misconduct Flounders
Dec 25, 2008
By ANDREW HIGGINS and STEVE STECKLOW
Wall Street Journal
Liberty Forum better than U.N. Rights Council
Dec 25, 2008
By Kim R. Holmes
Washington Times
Russia Fights Back in Wake of U.N. Corruption Probe
Dec 24, 2008
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
World Bank Admits Top Tech Vendor Debarred for 8 Years
Dec 24, 2008
By Richard Behar
Fox News
When hate states set the agenda
Dec 23, 2008
By Anne Bayefsky
The Australian
UN Wastes $3 Million on 30,000 Oracle Licenses Left Unused, Sources Say, As Budget Committee Meets, No Ban Comment
Dec 22, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Fiat Agrees to $7 Million Fine in Connection With Payment of $4.4 Million in Kickbacks by Three Subsidiaries Under the U.N. Oil for Food Program
Dec 22, 2008
By U.S. Department of Justice
U.N. chief tells rights body drop rhetoric, blocs
Dec 12, 2008
By Robert Evans
Reuters
Iran's Power At The United Nations
Dec 11, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
Forbes
British minister says UN unfit to lead poverty fight
Dec 5, 2008
Reuters
When UN Loses Money to Dictators, It Resists Disclosure, Unlike Even Corporations
Dec 5, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
$2 Billion U.N. Time Bomb Ticks for Obama
Nov 26, 2008
By Stewart Stogel
Newsmax
Top UN official: Israel's policies are like apartheid of bygone era
Nov 25, 2008
By Shlomo Shamir
Haaretz
Cost of Rebuilding U.N.'s Palace? A Billion Dollars
Nov 25, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
Fox News
UN fears boycott of anti-racism review
Nov 25, 2008
By Ian Munro
The Sydney Morning Herald
UN anti-blasphemy measure a threat to free speech, critics say
Nov 25, 2008
By Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
Worldwide Hate Speech Laws?
Nov 24, 2008
By Nina Shea
The Weekly Standard
Widow's campaign for justice forces 'callous' UN to reform procedures
Nov 24, 2008
By Afua Hirsch
The Guardian (UK)
Widow's campaign for justice forces 'callous' UN to reform procedures
Nov 24, 2008
By Afua Hirsch
The Guardian (UK)
UN seeks record $7 billion for 2009 aid
Nov 19, 2008
Agence France-Presse
UN seeks record $7 billion for 2009 aid
Nov 19, 2008
Agence France-Presse
U.N. Human Rights Council Gets a New Ceiling – and More Controversy
Nov 18, 2008
By Patrick Goodenough
CNS News
Foreign Aid Money Spent on $23 Million Art Ceiling at U.N. Human Rights Council
Nov 18, 2008
Fox News
UN MASQUERADE
Nov 17, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Post
Why the U.S. Should Oppose "Defamation of Religions" Resolutions at the United Nations
Nov 10, 2008
By Steve Groves
Heritage Foundation
Spuds you like? UN dons chef's hat to mark Potato Year
Nov 6, 2008
AFP
Critics Say U.N. 'Culture of Peace' Meeting Hides Culture of Oppression
Nov 6, 2008
By Jennifer Lawinski
Fox News
Louise Arbour's failed UN term
Oct 30, 2008
By Glenn Cohen
National Post
U.N. Reports Show Scrutiny in Short Supply at World Body -- but Reasons for it Abound
Oct 29, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
The Commissars Of Climate Change
Oct 23, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
Forbes
Ros-Lehtinen Calls for Extension of UN Anti-Corruption Probe
Oct 23, 2008
By U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Kenyan accused of defrauding UN
Oct 21, 2008
By KEVIN J KELLEY
Daily Nation
Report Details Corruption Cases Involving U.N. Purchasing
Oct 21, 2008
By NEIL MACFARQUHAR
New york Times
Going Gray -- and Making it Pay -- on Turtle Bay?
Oct 21, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
Just look who’s talking, critics tell United Nations
Oct 15, 2008
By James Reinl
The National
Report faults UN complex expansion job
Oct 9, 2008
By KEVIN J KELLEY
Daily Nation
United Nations Faces Billions in Retiree Health Care Obligations
Oct 8, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
London police probe UN-Congo charity deal
Oct 5, 2008
By Michael Peel
Financial Times
U.S. Mounting Effort To Counter Limits on Speech Critical of Islam
Oct 2, 2008
By Marc Perelman
Jewish Daily Forward
ISLAMIC STATES LAUNCH FRONTAL ASSAULT ON ISRAEL, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS UNDER THE BANNER OF THE UN DURBAN II RACISM CONFERENCE
Sep 30, 2008
Eye on the UN
Again
Sep 24, 2008
By Anne Bayefsky
UN's Partners on Food Pricing Range from Monsanto to Microsoft, Some Are Heartfelt
Sep 24, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
U.N. Agency Pushes to Reopen Shuttered North Korea Offices Following Lengthy Scandal
Sep 24, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UN’s disunited members ponder reform
Sep 23, 2008
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
How Not to Toast a Tyrant
Sep 19, 2008
By by Paul Marshall , Nina Shea
National Review
Closed-Door Tussle at U.N.'s $5 Billion Anti-Poverty Agency Over Secrecy
Sep 19, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UN-American
Sep 19, 2008
By Oliver North
Townhall
UNDP Ignores Ethics Recommendation on Shkurtaj
Sep 11, 2008
Government Accountability Project
Furor Erupts at United Nations At Seminar on Terror Victims
Sep 9, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
U.N. Secretary-General Tears Into Top Officials Over Bureaucratic Bog
Sep 9, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
Fox News
How Much Discretion? U.N.'s Anti-Poverty Program Wants Unlimited Spending Power
Aug 20, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
How Do U.S. Foreign Aid Recipients Vote at the U.N.? Against the U.S.
Aug 14, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer and Anthony B. Kim
Heritage Foundation
UN Human Rights Envoy Cancels Press Conference
Aug 13, 2008
By VIOLET CHO
The Irrawaddy
Former U.N. Official Clashes With Her Ex-Boss
Aug 13, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
World Food Program Donor List Reveals Oil-Rich Nations Remain Frugal
Aug 13, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
Graft allegations hit Cambodia's Khmer Rouge trial
Aug 12, 2008
Reuters
Little hope for U.N. rights council
Aug 7, 2008
By ANDRES OPPENHEIMER
Miami Herald
New U.N. human rights body appoints Cuban chairman
Aug 4, 2008
U.N. 'good governance' chief spared disciplinary actions
Aug 1, 2008
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
Diving into Durban II - What Obama Democrats mean by multilateralism.
Aug 1, 2008
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review
U.S. Asked U.N. About Exchange Rate Issues in Burma Year Before Latest Scandal
Aug 1, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UN’s Lost Aid May Be Tip of the Iceberg
Jul 30, 2008
By WILLIAM BOOT
The Irrawaddy
Exchange rate costs U.N. $10 million
Jul 29, 2008
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
Leaked Minutes Show UN Knew of 20% Loss in Myanmar 2 Weeks Prior to $300 Million Request
Jul 28, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Take an Obama Break - and Check Up On the UN’s “Burma Shave”
Jul 27, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
SCANDAL CENTRAL
Jul 18, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
New York Post
UN Fauxcilitation of the Israel-Hezbollah Swap
Jul 16, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
U.N. 'Good Governance' Official May Escape Penalties for Alleged 'Gross Negligence'
Jul 15, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
Fox News
UN decisions are never based on morality
Jul 14, 2008
By Stephen Pollard
The Times (UK)
U.N. not so clean anymore
Jul 12, 2008
By Bea Edwards and Shelley Walden
Citizen Times
UN Admits Losses to Myanmar Junta Through Currency Exchange, NGOs Skirt with Hawala
Jul 11, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
FDRL Top Official Arrested in Germany
Jul 9, 2008
By Felly Kimenyi
The New Times (Kigali)
GAP Commends UN Ethics Director and Secretary-General for Defending UNDP Whistleblower
Jul 3, 2008
By The Government Accountability Project
ANALYSIS: Does the United Nations Accept the Rule of Law?
Jul 3, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UNICEF’s World-Class Hypocrisy
Jul 2, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
Oil-for-Food Lawsuit Today, Cash-for-Kim Complaints Tomorrow?
Jul 1, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
UN World Food Program Hearts Robert Mugabe
Jun 30, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
Iraq to file lawsuits against those profiting illegally from UN program
Jun 29, 2008
International Herald Tribune
U.S. Plans to Provide $6 Million to Support Improved Governance and Security in Somalia
Jun 27, 2008
USAID press release
UNDP To Pay Whistleblower 14 Months Back Pay for Lack of Due Process, Oversight Must Increase
Jun 27, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates
Jun 19, 2008
Daily Times (Pakistan)
Critics Demand Resignation of U.N. Official Who Wants Probe of 9/11 'Inside Job' Theories
Jun 19, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
Fox News
The UN's Gravy Train to Iran
Jun 17, 2008
By Joseph Klein
Front Page Magazine
UN Buddies Up With Terror-Linked Islamic Charity — Again
Jun 16, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
the Rosett Report
Ros-Lehtinen Statement on UNICEF Ties to Saudi Extremist-Linked Charity
Jun 13, 2008
By U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
The U.N.'s North Korea Chutzpah
Jun 13, 2008
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
Wall Street Journal
UNICEF Partners With Islamic Charity Linked to Terror Groups
Jun 13, 2008
By Joseph Abrams
Fox News
Report: U.N. official diverted funds
Jun 12, 2008
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
Report Shows U.N. Development Program Violated U.N. Law, Routinely Passed on Millions to North Korean Regime
Jun 11, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UN's most expensive mission exposed as farcical shambles
Jun 11, 2008
By Steve Bloomfield
the Independent
We must hold the UN to a higher standard
Jun 11, 2008
By Bob Rae
National Post
The Perils of Ban Ki-Moon's Globe-Trotting
Jun 9, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
Developmental Aid Workers Are Killing Africa
Jun 5, 2008
By Thilo Thielke
Spiegel
Leaders at UN food summit tone down menu over fears of hypocrisy
Jun 4, 2008
By Richard Owen
Times Online
U.N. Chief Meets With Ahmadinejad
Jun 4, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
NYC says United Nations owes $12 million in back rent
Jun 4, 2008
By RICHARD PYLE
AP
U.N. Report Renders Return to N. Korea Unlikely
Jun 3, 2008
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Cash for Kim, Revisited
Jun 3, 2008
Wall Street Journal
UNDP PSO hides 87 contracts with terrorist organizations
May 30, 2008
By UNDP Watch
UN Probe Says Procurement at Its $5 Billion Anti-Poverty Agency a Shambles
May 29, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
Egyptian's Bid for U.N. Post In Doubt Over 'Burn' Quip
May 29, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
UN-Believable
May 29, 2008
By Col. Oliver North
Fox News
Watchdog needed on child abuse by peacekeepers: NGO
May 27, 2008
AFP
UN child sex abuse shock
May 27, 2008
Independent
U.N. Coming Cleaner? Ban Ki-Moon Presses Top Officials on Corruption Probes, Wants Less Public Disclosure
May 20, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
Theater of the Absurd
May 20, 2008
By Nile Gardiner
National Review
UN peacekeeping in line of fire
May 20, 2008
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
U.S. getting a raw deal with its United Nations investment
May 18, 2008
By Guy W. Farmer
Nevada Appeal
At UN in NY and Geneva, BAN Under Fire, on Contracting, Hiring and Justice Reform
May 16, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Somalia: UNDP's credibility is in Question over Somalia
May 15, 2008
By Xafiiska Wararka
Mareeg News
UNDP Whistleblower Details Comprehensive Wrongdoing in Somalia Projects
May 14, 2008
Government Accountability Project
Ros-Lehtinen Condemns UNDP Retaliation Against Whistleblower
May 14, 2008
By U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Press Release
UNDP in Somalia: Allegations of a Cash-for-Al Qaeda Program
May 14, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
Lanka worried over 'UN cover' for LTTE assassins
May 2, 2008
By Shamindra Ferdinando
The Island News
Maybe They Should Call It the UN World Cash Program
May 2, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
U.N.'s World Food Program Cried Poverty While Sitting on Cash Stockpile of More Than $1.22 Billion
May 2, 2008
Fox News
Judge tosses UN employee's sexual harassment suit
Apr 30, 2008
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
AP
Zimbabwe Opposition Calls UN Agencies Complicit, Not Helping Refugees, Council Action Blocked
Apr 29, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
UN troops 'armed DR Congo rebels'
Apr 28, 2008
BBC News
The Second Time as Farce
Apr 23, 2008
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
The Daily Standard
UNDP Procurement: Curiouser and Curiouser
Apr 18, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UNDP Procurement: Exceptions Are the Rule
Apr 16, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
UK ups onslaught on Zimbabwe
Apr 13, 2008
Sunday News Reporter
UN expert stands by Nazi comments
Apr 8, 2008
By Tim Franks
BBC News
Towards Common Understanding on Management Reform
Apr 8, 2008
By Zalmay Khalilzad
Israel threatens to boycott 4th UN Conference Against Racism
Apr 4, 2008
Middle East News
Tribunal Trouble
Apr 3, 2008
Wall Street Journal
UNDP LYING FOR THE RECORD (uncovered)
Apr 2, 2008
UNDP Watch
UN Development Program "Launders Money" in Latin America, Chart and Sources Say
Apr 2, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Ex-U.N. official gets 8 years for graft
Apr 2, 2008
UPI
GAP Comparison of UN, UNDP, WFP, UNICEF and UNFPA Whistleblower Policies
Apr 1, 2008
Government Accountability Project
U.N. Agency Provided $2.3M Worth of Equipment for Venezuela — Or Did It?
Apr 1, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News Story
Swiss Won't Disclose Amount Paid to Nicolas Michel, Top UN Lawyer, Transparency Questioned
Mar 31, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Independence of U.N. Probes in Doubt
Mar 31, 2008
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Law of the Jungle
Mar 30, 2008
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
The Weekly Standard
UN's Iraq oil man 'was Russian spy'
Mar 28, 2008
By Tom Leonard
The Daily Telegraph
Peering Into the Caverns of Another Oil-for-Food Indictment (Hey, Is that the UN Down There?)
Mar 27, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
UNDP MDGs - 20 years of failure and lies - and further destroying Africa (What UNDP doesn't want you to know)
Mar 24, 2008
UNDP watch
Expenses At U.N. Balloon 25 Percent
Mar 21, 2008
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
Free Press Stifled at United Nations, Reporters Say
Mar 18, 2008
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews
UN Lawyer's Public Financial Disclosure Omits Swiss Subsidy He Now Admits Having Received
Mar 17, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
UN Is Grilled in DC, As Opponent of Free Press and Bloggers, Claims Not to Lobby
Mar 17, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
U.N. had warning of terror attack
Mar 14, 2008
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
Islamic Conference Unites Over Israel
Mar 14, 2008
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
UN, Islamic group must work together on terrorism, tolerance – Ban Ki-moon
Mar 13, 2008
U.N. News Center
The UN's oil-for-food scandal: Rolling up the culprits
Mar 13, 2008
The Economist
Lockheed Over-Spends on F-35, Sued and Questioned on Capitol Hill as in UN
Mar 13, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Ambitious UN attacked for overload on peacekeepers
Mar 12, 2008
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
UN translator admits to visa fraud scam
Mar 11, 2008
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
Time for U.S. to reject U.N.'s anti-democratic conference
Mar 10, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
Philadelphia Inquirer
Support Erodes for U.N. Envoy To Burma Ahead of Visit
Mar 7, 2008
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
The U.S. Should Boycott the U.N.'s Durban II Conference on Racism
Mar 6, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
Excusing Palestinian Terrorists
Mar 5, 2008
By Joseph Klein
Frontpage Magazine
The United Nations: Adieu Arbour, But Will Her Successor Be Worse?
Mar 4, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
UN chief says rights body must tackle all abuses
Mar 3, 2008
Reuters
Ban Ki-moon: Human Rights Council must continue to build trust
Mar 3, 2008
Earth Times
UN chief warns rights body against attempts to take control of watchdog's office
Mar 3, 2008
AP
UN probe won't assign blame for any Algiers lapses
Feb 28, 2008
Reuters
Arbour will not seek second UN Human Rights term
Feb 27, 2008
By Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
Google Quietly Reinstates Work of News Organization Critical of U.N.
Feb 21, 2008
Fox News
U.S. must stand strong against UN's anti-Semitic confab
Feb 21, 2008
By ANNE BAYEFSKY
New York Daily News
Journalist Who Exposes U.N. Corruption Disappears From Google
Feb 18, 2008
By Michael Y. Park
Fox News
U.S. Officials Divulge Reports On Confidential U.N. Audits
Feb 17, 2008
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
The Future of the United Nations Under Ban Ki-Moon
Feb 13, 2008
By John R. Bolton
House Committee on Foreign Affairs - TESTIMONY
Audit of U.N.'s Sudan Mission Finds Tens of Millions in Waste
Feb 10, 2008
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
Congress Should Ignore Budget Requests Relating to the Law of the Sea Treaty
Feb 8, 2008
By Steven Groves
Heritage Foundation
Senator: U.S. to boycott UN anti-racism meet due to anti-Israel agenda
Feb 7, 2008
AP
World Bank Using U.S. Funds To Boost Iranian Industry, Gas Sectors
Feb 2, 2008
By James Rosen
Fox News
Defender of human rights takes a brief step sideways
Feb 1, 2008
By Susan Martinuk
Calgary Herald
At UN, 34 Officials Have Not Filed Any Required Disclosure, Decisions Are Outsourced to Accounting Firm
Feb 1, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
And Now, for Some Light Comic Relief, We Have.... UN Financial Disclosure!
Feb 1, 2008
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
UN Advisor Kim's Wife Employed by S. Korean Mission, Envoy Larsen's Spouse by Norway, No Disclosure
Jan 30, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
U.N. 'reform'
Jan 30, 2008
By Editorial
Pittsburg Tribune-Review
Genocide prevention: 60 years of abject failure
Jan 30, 2008
By Eric Reeves
Christian Science Monitor
Arbour defends Arab charter
Jan 30, 2008
By Steven Edwards
Canwest News Service
U.N. could take lessons from Rambo
Jan 29, 2008
By BRIDGET JOHNSON
Los Angeles Daily News
At UN, Resistance to Financial Disclosure Seen As Pervasive, from Two Top Peacekeepers through UNDP
Jan 29, 2008
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Congress Should Withhold Funding for Spendthrift U.N.
Jan 29, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
Congress Should Withhold Funds from the U.N. Development Program
Jan 26, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves
Heritage Foundation
North Korea 'used UN-linked accounts for weapons sales'
Jan 25, 2008
Association of Free Press
Solons Suspect Coverup In North Korea Scandal
Jan 25, 2008
By Benny Avni
New York Sun
The U.N. Anti-Avengers?
Jan 25, 2008
By Brett D. Schaefer
National Review
UNDP 'exploited by North Korea'
Jan 24, 2008
BBC News
New procurement scandal shows scale of U.N. problems
Jan 15, 2008
By Richard Edwards
European Leaders In Procurement Blog
UN fraud team wins a year’s reprieve
Jan 15, 2008
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
UN Diplomat 'too busy' to check rules
Jan 14, 2008
Dutch News
UN investigating conduct of senior Dutch official
Jan 14, 2008
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Dutch UNDP employee received housing subsidy from Netherlands government
Jan 14, 2008
AP
Is the U.N. Corrupt?
Jan 14, 2008
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
U.N. Ignores Its Own Procurement Ban
Jan 14, 2008
By George Russell
Fox News
Aid to UNDP Cut
Jan 11, 2008
SR International
Liquid Rules
Jan 11, 2008
By Perro de Jong
Radio Netherlands Worldwide
UN official's rent deal, MPs want answers
Jan 11, 2008
Dutch News
Destination: Durban II
Dec 21, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Reveiw
UN faces new sex scandal in Haiti
Dec 17, 2007
By Carol Williams
The Age
The U.S. Should Oppose the Largest Budget Increase in U.N. History
Dec 13, 2007
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
Congress Defends the UN: Coburn Opposes
Dec 13, 2007
By Senator Tom Coburn, M.D.
Human Events
Did U.N. Program Secretly Funnel Money to North Korea?
Dec 12, 2007
By George Russell
Fox News
Dollars for Durban II
Dec 12, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Review
As UN Creates Separate Fiefdoms of Ethics, U.S. Declares Victory on Appeal Rights
Dec 4, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
U.N. announces new ethics rules after N.Korea case
Dec 4, 2007
By Patrick Worsnip
Reuters
U.N. 'compromise' on Darfur rapes
Dec 3, 2007
By Nat Hentoff
Washington Times
Strange Lunchfellows: Khalilzad, Soros Meet in New York
Nov 28, 2007
Fox News
"Breathtakingly Immoral"
Nov 27, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
Oscar Wyatt receives 12-month sentence in Iraq scandal
Nov 27, 2007
By DAVID IVANOVICH
Houston Chronicle
UN seeks office space as overhaul plans take shape
Nov 27, 2007
By Warren Hoge
Bloomberg News
DURBAN WATCH
Nov 20, 2007
By EyeOntheUN.org
U.S. Licensing High-Tech Exports to Syria Under U.N. Development Program
Nov 16, 2007
By George Russell
Fox News
Chevron to pay $30 million in UN oil-for-food probe
Nov 16, 2007
By DAVID B. CARUSO
AP
Too bad UN members don't practise what they preach
Nov 14, 2007
By Steven Edwards
National Post
New York City Mayor Says United Nations Building Is a Hazard to Schoolchildren
Nov 13, 2007
By Catherine Donaldson-Evans
Fox News
Bloggers Beware! The UN Internet Grab Continues ... Right Now, in Rio
Nov 12, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
The Courage of Conviction
Nov 8, 2007
By Michael Ledeen
New York Sun
UN nuclear chief should be sacked for failure over Iran: Israel
Nov 8, 2007
AFP
Nice work
Nov 7, 2007
By Claudia Rosett and James Forsyth
The Spectator (U.K.)
In Year of Sanitation, U.N. should clean its own house
Nov 5, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
Philadelphia Inquirer
UN sends troops home over child sex claims
Nov 3, 2007
BBC
Sri Lanka peacekeepers face jail if abuse proven
Nov 3, 2007
Reuters
U.S. presses U.N. agencies on budget transparency
Nov 1, 2007
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
No Knight in Shining Armor
Oct 29, 2007
By Nile Gardiner
National Reveiw Online
At UN, Budget Flux Amid Claims of Transparency, Favoritism Called Minor, FOIA On Its Way
Oct 29, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
US bypasses UN with Iran sanctions
Oct 25, 2007
By Daniel Dombey in Washington, Hugh Williamson in Berlin and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Financial Times
Why Reagan Would Still Reject the Law of the Sea Treaty
Oct 24, 2007
By Steven Groves
Heritage Foundation
UNICEF India Chief Faces Sexual Assault Charge, Fired Whistleblower Barred From Ethics Office
Oct 24, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Key UN post for Ban's son-in-law
Oct 23, 2007
By Lalit K Jha
NDTV
UN fiddles while Myanmar burns
Oct 23, 2007
By Bertil Lintner
Asia Times
Protecting Our National Sovereignty
Oct 22, 2007
By U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Texas Times
Senator urges major reforms at U.N.
Oct 19, 2007
By Rachel Kaufman
Washington Times
Corruption, Paedophilia And Silence In The UN
Oct 19, 2007
By Joseph Stedul and Nikolina Štanfel
Javano
In the Loop: You'd Think They'd Be Glad
Oct 19, 2007
By Al Kamen
Washington Post
U.N. food agency starved of cash - report
Oct 18, 2007
By Phil Stewart
Reuters
At UNICEF, Child Soldiers Counted But Not Reported, Karim like Kony Falls Through Political Crack
Oct 17, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Scandal Rocks U.N. Sea Treaty Organization
Oct 17, 2007
By Cliff Kincaid
News By Us
They Just Don't Get LOST
Oct 16, 2007
By Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.
Heritage Foundation
Video: Will United States Sovereignty Be Lost?
Oct 16, 2007
By Cliff Kincaid
Heritage Foundation
Another UN Moment: $700,000 in Mystery Money
Oct 16, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
U.N. Chief Faces a Test Over Misdeeds
Oct 15, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Former UN diplomat sentenced
Oct 15, 2007
By Harvey Morris
Financial Times
Scam Earns Ex-U.N. Official 4-Year Term
Oct 13, 2007
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
AP
Video: Law of Sea Treaty Hurts American Sovereignty
Oct 10, 2007
By Ed Meese
Heritage Foundation
Reagan and the Law of the Sea
Oct 8, 2007
By By William P. Clark and Edwin Meese
Wall Street Jounral
Is the noose finally tightening?
Oct 7, 2007
By Leon Kukkuk
Letters to Gabriella Blog
UN patent agency faces prolonged deadlock over top official's age
Oct 4, 2007
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER
AP
An Oil for Food Exposé
Oct 3, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
Wall Street Jounral
North Korea Does Not Need UN Mediation or Money, Auditors Kept Out, Minister Choe Says
Oct 3, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
U.N. ethics: An oxymoron (again)
Oct 2, 2007
By Editorial
Pittsburg Tribune-Review
Our Dead Are Our Fault
Sep 28, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review
United Nations Fails ...
Sep 25, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
New York Sun
Dating Yourself
Sep 23, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Review
Yet Another U.N. Scandal
Sep 21, 2007
By John A. Hall
Wall Street Jounral
New Twist to River Ranch Saga
Sep 19, 2007
By Clemence Manyukwe
Financial Gazette (Harare)
Bad Faith Actor
Sep 18, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
Journal of International Security Affairs
How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Sink the U.S. Navy?
Sep 10, 2007
By Jeremy Rabkin
The Weekly Standard
Senate Approves UN Whistleblower Protection
Sep 10, 2007
AP
Whistleblowers and the UN Duplicity Program
Sep 7, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
Rosett Report
Ex-UN Staffer Makes Whistleblower Claim
Sep 7, 2007
By JUSTIN BERGMAN
AP
Does the United Nations Advance the Cause of Freedom?
Sep 6, 2007
By John R. Bolton
Heritage Foundation
Keep the Cap on U.S. Contributions to U.N. Peacekeeping
Sep 6, 2007
By Brett Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
In Dakar, More Retaliation by UN Development Program, Climate Change Used for Sole Source Contracts
Sep 4, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Closet Case
Aug 31, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Review
U.S. Pressures U.N. for Action on Ethics Case
Aug 23, 2007
Fox News
At the UN, Ethics Office Urged to Rule on UNDP Whistleblower Case Despite Ban's Support of Self-Serving Investigation
Aug 22, 2007
By Matthew Russell Lee
Inner City Press
Ban the Old Ways
Aug 21, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Review
Annan Acquires a Second Palatial Home
Aug 9, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Congo U.N. force suspends 5 employees
Aug 7, 2007
By EDDY ISANGO
AP
U.N. Employee Charged With Helping Foreigners Enter U.S. Illegally
Aug 6, 2007
AP
U.S. Should Demand Accountability From World Bank, Carnegie Mellon Professor Tells Congress
Aug 2, 2007
PRNewswire
United Nations: failing to deliver
Aug 1, 2007
By Toby Harnden
The Telegraph
Genie Out of the Bottle: 'U.N. Climate Change Meeting Aims at Rich Countries'
Aug 1, 2007
By Noel Sheppard
News Busters
Morocco peacekeepers accused of abuse
Jul 23, 2007
AFP
U.N. Dealings With FDNY 'Unacceptable'
Jul 20, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
North Korea Tech Transfer
Jul 20, 2007
By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK
Wall Street Journal
U.N. High Tech for Kim
Jul 20, 2007
Wall Street Journal
U.N. complex breaks budget
Jul 12, 2007
By Betsy Pisik
Washington Times
U.N. ex-employee in NKorea seeks whistleblower protection amid finances probe
Jul 6, 2007
By Associated Press
The Appointment of Mark Malloch Brown Will Strain U.S.-British Relations
Jul 2, 2007
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
Heritage Foundation
A Gathering of BMWs & Tyrannies
Jun 20, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The First Year of the Human Rights Council: A Human Rights Catastrophe
Jun 20, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
Eye On the UN
UN headquarters cries out for help
Jun 18, 2007
By Tunku Abdul Aziz
The New Straits Times
U.N. Anti-Poverty Agency Official Stonewalling U.S. Request for Information on North Korean Payments
Jun 17, 2007
By George Russell
Fox News
Top U.N. Official Threatens ‘Retaliation' Against State Dept.
Jun 15, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Analysis: Will Fraud Conviction Help U.N. Reform Its Secretive 'Culture of Impunity'?
Jun 13, 2007
By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
Fox News
Letters to the editor: Public auditing of U.N. renovations
Jun 11, 2007
By U.N. Under Secretary General Alicia Barcena
Washington Times
In Myanmar, Local UNDP Staff Must Tithe To Get and Keep Jobs, Yangon Insiders Say
Jun 11, 2007
By Matthew Russell
Inner City Press
N.Korea Abused International Donations
Jun 11, 2007
Chosun
An Unsustainable Development
Jun 11, 2007
By Fred Thompson
Townhall.com
UNDP: Part of the Problem, Not the Solution
Jun 9, 2007
By Brett D. Schaefer
Fox News
U.S. Alleges North Korea Is Misusing Aid for Poor
Jun 9, 2007
By Glenn Kessler and Colum Lynch
Washington Post
U.S. Alleges North Korea Is Misusing Aid for Poor
Jun 9, 2007
By Glenn Kessler and Colum Lynch
Washington Post
Audit: Agencies in North Korea broke UN rules
Jun 8, 2007
By Bay Fang
Chicago Tribune
UNDP Officials Said To Hamper Probe Into Counterfeit Cash
Jun 7, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
U.N. renovation hit on oversight
Jun 7, 2007
By David R. Sands
Washington Times
U.N. Development Program says it plans to improve management and increase transparency and accountability
Jun 6, 2007
Associated Press
U.N. Auditors Find Development Program Broke Rules in Offering Aid to North Korea
Jun 1, 2007
By George Russell
Fox News
U.N.'s Reading List for N. Korea
May 25, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The New York Sun
Scandal-prone UN faces up to familiar problem
May 25, 2007
By David Usborne
New Zealand Herald
UN peacekeepers being investigated for corruption: BBC
May 25, 2007
AP
Restore our confidence in the United Nations
May 25, 2007
By Editorial
The New Times (Rwanda)
Pakistan dismisses DR Congo claim
May 25, 2007
BBC
Africa’s Zimbabwe Problem
May 24, 2007
By Brett D. Schaefer & Marian L. Tupy
National Review Online
Witness: UN Workers Got Prostitutes
May 23, 2007
By LARRY NEUMEISTER
AP
Crying Wolfowitz . . . while the United Nations bankrolls dictators.
May 21, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Weekly Standard
The Oppressors’ Club
May 18, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review Online
Call It the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Dictatorships
May 13, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
North Koreans Spurn Audit by United Nations
May 10, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Dawn of a New Era?
May 7, 2007
UN Watch
Swiss launch corruption probe at UN weather body
May 6, 2007
By Thomas Atkins
Reuters
Preventing Repressive Regimes from Using the U.N. to Advance Their Interests
May 4, 2007
By Brett D. Schaefer and Steven Groves
Heritage Foundation
Global Air Carrier Suspended in U.N. Procurement Investigation
May 3, 2007
By By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
Fox News
Ban Names Former Boss To Environment Post
May 2, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Oppose Handing UNDP Control of U.N. Country Activities
Apr 26, 2007
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
Myanmar Abusing UN Aid, Says Human Rights Group
Apr 24, 2007
Bernama
Ban Must Throw Out More Old Rascals
Apr 9, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Groveling at the United Nations
Apr 2, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review Online
Bank of the Intifada to Join the U.N.
Mar 26, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review Online
Waste, Fraud and UN Headquarters
Mar 15, 2007
By Thomas P. Kilgannon
Human Events
Women's Rights at the UN
Mar 9, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
EyeOntheUN.org
UN says "Jews Seek Racial Domination!"
Feb 26, 2007
By Anne Bayefsky
NRO
Firms accused of bribing Saddam to be investigated by fraud office
Feb 14, 2007
U.S. lawmakers ask Cyprus to extradite Cypriot citizen accused of oil-for-food crimes
Feb 13, 2007
By AP
Benon Sevan Watch: An Oil-for-Food Letter-to-Cyprus
Feb 13, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Rosett Report
At the United Nations, the Curious Career of Maurice Strong
Feb 7, 2007
By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
Fox News
N. Korea's inclusion reveals U.N. flaw
Feb 6, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Will the U.N. Development Program Probe Be Ban Ki-Moon's First Cover-Up?
Jan 25, 2007
By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
Fox News Channel
United Nations Dictator's Program
Jan 19, 2007
By MELANIE KIRKPATRICK
Wall Street Journal
Indictments Are New Stage In Oil for Food
Jan 17, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Advice to Ban Ki-Moon: Control or Be Controlled
Jan 15, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Ban's Balancing Act
Jan 8, 2007
By BENNY AVNI
The New York Sun
UN shame over sex scandal
Jan 7, 2007
By Francis Elliott and Ruth Elkins
The Independent
U.N. Chief To Open Financial Records
Jan 6, 2007
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
New Secretary-General to Fill 2 U.N. Posts This Week, Could Bring Controversy
Jan 3, 2007
By Liza Porteus
FoxNews.com
Ban's burden
Jan 2, 2007
By Claudia Rosett
New York Daily News
Mystery Surfaces Over Apartment of Kofi Annan
Dec 19, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
New York Daily News
Watchdog asked to probe pacts of U.N. office
Dec 13, 2006
By Betsy Pisik
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Opportunity Lost
Dec 12, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
NRO
Kofi Annan's Legacy of Failure
Dec 12, 2006
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
The Heritage Foundation
UN DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE
Dec 11, 2006
By Eye On the U.N.
Kofi pad to get $4.3M fixup
Dec 6, 2006
By Paul D. Colford
New York Daily News
UN troops face child abuse claims
Nov 30, 2006
BBC News
Plunder Down Under
Nov 28, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
Federal Authorities Arrest U.N. Official on Misconduct Charges
Nov 2, 2006
By BENNY AVNI
The New York Sun
UN-Acredited NGOs Bulletin: Spreading the Message of Hate and Terrorism
Oct 7, 2006
By Anne Bayefsky
Eye On the UN
WHO Lays Out DDT Strategy, Calling for Its Use Even Indoors
Sep 15, 2006
By Betsy McKay
Wall Street Journal
Senator Coburn Calls for U.N. Transparency
Sep 11, 2006
Turtle Bay Does Beirut
Aug 19, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
Terrorism? What's That?
Aug 8, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
Guilty!
Jul 14, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
Study: U.N. Diplomats With Dim View of U.S. More Likely to Ignore Traffic Tickets
Jul 6, 2006
Associated Press
Discrimination and Double Standards
Jul 5, 2006
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review Online
The U.N.’s Day in Court
Jun 28, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
National Review Online
Bolton Encourages Congress To Tie Funds To U.N. Reform
Jun 27, 2006
By Benny Avni
The New York Sun
Iran Death Judge Lands U.N. Seat On Human Rights
Jun 22, 2006
By ELI LAKE
The New York Sun
Editorial: Coburn right to question U.N. plan
Jun 20, 2006
The Oklahoman
Report: U.N. Commits Human Rights Abuses Against Its Staff
Jun 13, 2006
By BENNY AVNI
New York Sun
Senator scolds U.N.'s No. 2 for snub
Jun 13, 2006
By Betsy Pisik
The Washington Times
Senator Links U.N. Funding, Accountability
Jun 12, 2006
By PAUL BURKHARDT
AP
Mr. Brown's stupid Americans
Jun 9, 2006
By Editorial
The Washington Times
U.S. Wants Top Aides at the U.N. to Resign When Annan Leaves
Jun 7, 2006
By BENNY AVNI
Staff Reporter of the Sun
Bolton changes tune on UN relations
May 30, 2006
By Mark Turner
Financial Times
Japan 'may cut funds' to unreformed UN
May 30, 2006
Bangkok Post
U.N.fit for Leadership
May 22, 2006
By Anne Bayefsky
National Review Online
Dr. Coburn Addresses global malaria control experts at United Nations
May 19, 2006
Ex-senator linked to oil-for-food claims (Bob Torricelli)
May 18, 2006
By Claudio Gatti
MSNBC (The Financial Times)
'Perfect Example of the U.N.'s Failure To Reform'
May 10, 2006
By BENNY AVNI
The New York Sun
Human Rights Relativism Redux:
May 10, 2006
By Brett D. Schaefer
Heritage Foundation
Watchdog Group Releases Scathing Report on U.N.'s World Health Organization
May 8, 2006
By Elizabeth L. Wright
Citizens Against Government Waste
U.S. probe targets U.N. department
Apr 27, 2006
Washington Times
GAO report on the UN calls for stronger internal controls and oversight
Apr 27, 2006
GAO
United Nations Probes Sale of Irreplaceable Stamp Archive
Apr 27, 2006
FoxNews.com
How Corrupt is the UN?
Apr 17, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
Commentary Magazine
U.N. Provokes a New Standoff Over U.S. Demands on Budget
Apr 5, 2006
By Meghan Clyne
New York Sun
The U.N. Oil for Food Scandal from start to finish
Apr 1, 2006
By Claudia Rosett
Foundation for Defense of Democracies
U.N. Award to Venezuela's Chavez Sparks Criticism From America
Feb 7, 2006
By BENNY AVNI - Staff Reporter of the Sun
New York Sun
Investigator Says Volcker Gave Annan Free Pass
Dec 8, 2005
By BENNY AVNI - Staff Reporter of the Sun
Israel: U.N. Should Avoid Hezbollah Meetings
Nov 30, 2005
By BENNY AVNI - Staff Reporter of the New York Sun
New York Sun
U.N. Procurement Scandal: Ties to Saddam and Al Qaeda
Oct 21, 2005
By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
FoxNews.com
Funding of Palestinian Propaganda By U.N. 'Unacceptable,' Bolton Says
Aug 18, 2005
By JACOB GERSHMAN, Staff Reporter of the Sun
New York Sun
United Nations Bankrolled Latest Anti-israel Propaganda
Aug 17, 2005
By JACOB GERSHMAN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
New York Sun
U.N. Sexual Abuse Alleged in Congo
Dec 16, 2004
By Colum Lynch
Washington Post
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