Why Bother With the United Nations?

Freedom News ^ | February 20, 2005 | Tim Phares

[TBP]

On Sunday, the head of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers, resigned under pressure after he was found guilty of misconduct for the sexual harassment of a subordinate female worker at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

Secretary General Kofi Annan reportedly read the report showing clear evidence of Commissioner Lubbers's conduct and did nothing about it. It seems that protecting the reputation of a friend was more important to Annan than protecting the people who work for the UN. This is unacceptable. When will Annan resign?

Unfortunately, this is not the UN's only current scandal. The theft of massive amounts of money from the Oil for Food program by UN officials, including Annan's son Kojo, has been well documented. This was the program that allowed Saddam Hussein's regime, which was under sanctions, to sell its oil to get money for food and medicine for the Iraqi people.

Evidence indicates that some of the money may have wound up in the hands of terrorists, as well as officials of the Saddam Hussein regime. Other Oil for Food money was misused to build projects like a stadium. Saddam himself pocketed an estimated $17 billion while the United Nations did nothing. Benon Savan, the head of the Oil for Food program, has been suspended. Unfortunately, the suspension means nothing since he is retiring soon.

Muhammad Hassan, an employee of the World Meteorological Organization, embezzled at least $3 million from the UN-affiliated organization over a preiod of three to four years. Now he has gone underground and a woman who says she's Hassan's wife has filed a phony death certificate.

UN peacekeepers in Congo have abused Congolese women and girls in exhcange for food or small amounts of money. More than 150 complaints ahve been filed against these peacekeepers. Only six people have been identified. How can the UN justify this?

According to a Fox News poll, 54 percent of Americans believe that the United Nations does not reflect their values. A recent Harris Poll says that less than one-third trust the world body. Yet American taxpayers pay over one fifth of the UN's total budget.

Why do the taxpayers of the United States countenance this? How can they continue to support this corrupt, ineffective, anti-American organization? The time has come to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. Otherwise, our sovereignty will continue to be infringed and the corrupt UN bureaucrats will continue to feed off the poor and weak of the world for their own benefit and that of America's enemies.

[backhoe]

My 2¢'s about the UN?

Neal Boortz has the right idea- kick them off US soil, plop them down in Haiti, and tell them, "when you get this straightened out, give us a call..."

Moreover:

--Sex abuse charges rock UN in Congo-
-- Interesting this is being posted today. Talk show host Dennis Prager had the Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Doree Gold, on his show today. Mr. Gold has just written a book about the UN called the Tower of Babble(i think this was the title). Some of the things he was saying about the UN were unbelievable.

--TV campaign urging: Kick U.N. out of U.S.-
"I say we just give the entire country of Haiti to the UN."--or move them to Zimbabwe or another country in Africa. Let them see what the really do for the world.

--UN knew of Saddam's oil-for-food thefts: BBC-
The sooner we resign from this corrupt organization and kick them off our soil, the better.

Click this picture & goto "last" for the latest UN scandals:

American Policy Center on-line Declaration of Independence from the U.N.

[Jaysun]

The UN's highest priority is obviously to contain, constrain, and control the United States (and bash the Jews). I'm no longer satisfied with relying on the President and Congress to resist their tactics. Consider some of their recent attempts to shaft America:

“International Criminal Court”
“Kyoto Treaty”
“Law of the Sea Treaty”

These are just a few possible catastrophes that have been avoided because we have a decent President and a Republican Congress. But what happens when the Democrats are in power again? We should kill the UN while we can.

[RobertMorrow]

H.R. 1146 will WITHDRAW the USA from the United Nations' madhouse/cesspool. People, the UN is reeling right now. This makes me happy. Remember every email/fax/phone call/post you do makes THE difference.

Every poison dart and flaming spear you chunk in the UN as you lobby any and all elected officials weakens this beast. Go to: http://www.getusout.org/un/index.html . Then go lobby at http://www.conservativeusa.org/megalink.htm . Email President Bush at president@whitehouse.gov . White House comment line is 202-456-1111. The United Nations is a corrupt disgrace and it is time for the USA to WITHDRAW from and defund the United Nations. Please tell your senators, congressmen and everyone you know to support H.R. 1146 which would WITHDRAW the USA from the United Nations, prohibit US funds going to the UN and prohibit US troops serving under UN command. H.R 1146 is the American Sovereignty Restoration Act. The whole mission of the UN is to take power, money and national sovereignty from the USA. Thus the United States must withdraw from and defund the UN, a worthless organization, and if we go, if we are lucky, the whole thing will implode.

[CISSnarl]

Backhoe, Greetings....I suppose you Might already know of this; if not here's a link..It's somewhat older since it started in 2003, and doesn't seem to get a whole lot of attention, but perhaps with the recent shenanigans in the UN coming more and more to light it will start to garner more support.
Might be a pipe dream but for the life of me, I cannot understand just what it is the UN is supposed to be doing these days,well other then squandering billions of dollars not only from the US but from other members around the globe with very little productivity. http://patriotpetitions.us/TerminateUN/

[backhoe]

Link copied & saved- thanks!