Posted on 11/05/2015 7:25:41 AM PST by Sean_Anthony
Systemic corruption will continue to contaminate the UN as long as it accepts contributions from companies or their affiliated foundations which are motivated to use their contributions as a means to launder their public images, gain unfair advantage
Public corruption can appear in various forms. First, individual office holders may violate the public trust, abusing their positions of authority to peddle influence for money. The public institutions which they are supposed to serve may not be inherently corrupt themselves but they may enable such schemes by virtue of inadequate internal controls. Second, and potentially more pernicious, is institutional corruption. This can occur when the institution itself systematically permits, even encourages, donations of money and in-kind contributions in return for such benefits to private concerns as steering of business and image laundering. The United Nations is currently caught in the crosshairs of a widening scandal that contain alleged elements of both individual and institutional corruption.
At the individual level, former president of the UN General Assembly, John Ashe, has been charged by U.S. federal prosecutors with taking bribes in exchange for using his influence in his official capacity, both during his General Assembly presidency and while serving as the UN ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda. Mr. Ashe allegedly endeavored to push through lucrative business deals in Antigua and China on behalf of his benefactors. The bribes he is alleged to have received were said to be channeled through the Sun Kian IP Group Foundation, controlled by indicted Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, and through the Global Sustainability Foundation, whose CEO Sheri Yan served as an adviser to Mr. Ashe.
Consider me unsurprised.
That’s got to be an exception. Only the all-wise UN can implement policies to save the planet, like Agenda 21. /S
Hillary and Bill MUST be involved..
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