US envoy sets out to wreck UN reform deal

News.Telegraph ^ | August 26, 2005 | Francis Harris in Washington

[Kaslin]

America's controversial new ambassador to the United Nations is threatening to torpedo 12 months of negotiations on the reform of the organisation.

With only three weeks to go before world leaders arrive in New York to agree the deal, ambassador John Bolton has tabled at least 500 amendments.

n a letter to fellow UN ambassadors, Mr Bolton said the 38-page document might have to be ditched altogether and replaced with a far less detailed alternative. The letter, which was leaked yesterday, asks other ambassadors to remain "open to alternative formats if they help us achieve consensus".

Mr Bolton's intervention has greatly raised the stakes in the search for a deal. America is now effectively asking the world whether it wants a new deal, or no deal.

The agreement was negotiated by all UN members states, but its predictably UN tone seems to have angered the no-nonsense Mr Bolton, a former senior state department official.

Large sections would commit Washington to policies with which it profoundly disagrees. America is being asked to promise 0.7 per cent of its national income for foreign aid; acknowledge the role of the International Criminal Court, which it has not joined; and cut extreme poverty and introduce primary education for all children within 10 years.

America wants the UN to back fundamental reform of the organisation's management structure; to agree measures to fight terrorism and to abolish its human rights machinery.

The ambassador's intervention is precisely what his supporters wanted. American conservatives believe the UN is corrupt and unaccountable. Congress is currently examining a Bill that would cut off American funds unless the UN makes major changes.

Nile Gardiner, an analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said: "Bolton is sending a very clear message that the US is not going to go along with [the UN secretary general] Kofi Annan's definition of reform. Bolton is throwing down the gauntlet to the UN establishment."

[peyton randolph]

Reform # 1. Relocate the UN to Brussels.

Reform # 2. Cut off all US aid to the UN.

Reform # 3. Withdraw from UN membership.

[EagleUSA]

Mr Bolton's intervention has greatly raised the stakes in the search for a deal. America is now effectively asking the world whether it wants a new deal, or no deal....
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Go John!! Since the U.S. really picks up the tab, and does all the dirty laundry for the U.N. (eg Iraq) --- it is time this gutless body of thugs stand up and salute, or get out of the way!!!! (and hopefully out of the U.S.)

[Arkie2]

He's doing the Presidents work. Good for him. He's doing exactly what needs to be done and the UN thieves aren't going to like it.

[DTogo]

YEH!! :)

[mak5]

"America is being asked to promise 0.7 per cent of its national income for foreign aid; acknowledge the role of the International Criminal Court, which it has not joined; and cut extreme poverty and introduce primary education for all children within 10 years."

No, no, where and where? Compared to the rest of the world, we don't have extreme poverty and we do have primary education for all children. We will determine foreign aid on our own, thank you, without Kofi, Jacques or anyone else telling us what to spend.

Go get 'em Bolton. This isn't a reform plan, it is putting plaster on a collapsing building.

[Duke Wayne]

Mr.Bush you picked the right man for the job!

[Coyoteman]

And if Pr. Bush had waited for the Senate to act...who would be minding the store now at the UN?

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Large sections would commit Washington to policies with which it profoundly disagrees. America is being asked to promise 0.7 per cent of its national income for foreign aid; acknowledge the role of the International Criminal Court, which it has not joined

Thank G-d there's no "President Kerry."

[FlingWingFlyer]

The corrupt little boys and girls in the U.N. were hoping they could shove their smoke and mirrors version of "reform" through before Bolton came in and called BS on the whole mess. John Bolton is DA MAN!!!!

[ChildOfThe60s]

Bolton is throwing down the gauntlet to the UN establishment

Based on the wailing, it may be that he is putting it up somewhere. Heh, heh, heh.

[Billthedrill]

Large sections would commit Washington to policies with which it profoundly disagrees. America is being asked to promise 0.7 per cent of its national income for foreign aid; acknowledge the role of the International Criminal Court, which it has not joined; and cut extreme poverty and introduce primary education for all children within 10 years.

Well, that's an interesting idea of what constitutes UN reform, isn't it? Is there a part in there about UN employees not allowing bloody-handed dictators to line their pockets while he murders people?

Didn't think so.

[crazyhorse691]

Since diplomacy has never been one of my strengths I must confess I don't know if John Bolton is being diplomatic. But, I don't care. Rip em apart John. Make em squeal like the little girls they are. Make em cry and then laugh at em. Hey, this diplomacy thingee isn't that hard.

[Moiraine]

The agreement was negotiated by all UN members states, but its predictably UN tone seems to have angered the no-nonsense Mr Bolton, a former senior state department official.


If all UN member states were in on the negotiations, who was negotiating for us?

[sgtbono2002]

The right man for the job , no thanks to those Democrat Penisheads in the Senate.

[adorno]

The right man for the job!!!! He's there to do right thng for the U.S. and to raise some hell when the job calls for it.

Raise some HELL John!

[Bahbah]

And who was it who worked so hard to keep this man out of the UN. Joe "I want to be president" Biden with his sidekick puppet, Chris Dodd, IIRC.

[The Electrician]

The agreement was negotiated by all UN members states, but its predictably UN tone seems to have angered the no-nonsense Mr Bolton, a former senior state department official.

Inquiring minds want to know... What was Ambassador Danforth doing while all of this nonsense was being "negotiated by all UN members states (sic)"? Did all of this mischief happen after Danforth left? (Didn't he leave early this year? Was his leaving related in some way to his not fighting this, or due to other conflicts with Bush administration policies? And, what did Anne W. Patterson, acting US Ambassador to the UN do about this in the interim?)

[The Electrician]

I think that the technical term is "Putzheads"... (thanks, Senator D'Amato)

[Kaslin]

The corrupt little boys and girls in the U.N. were hoping they could shove their smoke and mirrors version of "reform" through before Bolton came in and called BS on the whole mess.

And the democrats were trying everything to help them

John Bolton is DA MAN!!!!

Indeed he is

[Doogle]

ALL those so opposed to the President's selection should be made to apologize to the American people in front of the congress and senate. Liberals wouldn't understand a pickpocket's sudden abrupt concern over your ability to walk,so the cad would walk closer to you and help you along your
way. "Wasn't that nice of him?...hey where's my wallet?"


Doogle

[Kaslin]

He sure is.

Too bad for them

[JarheadFromFlorida]

This is how you drive liberals nuts. I love it!

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

John Bolton should plagiarize the BRAC language on NAS Oceana, unilaterally and rigorously imposing the will on the United States upon the UN for eternity...or offer the UN the opportunity to relocate and forgo ANY support from us.

However, instead of offering up a comparable paradise such as NAS Cecil Field as the BRAC did, he should offer up Lagos, or some other hideously overpriced, pestiferous, third world, hell hole.

Brussels is WAAAAAAY to nice a place for the corruption and incompetence of the UN.

In short, when dealing with the UN our motto should be "WHO'S YOUR DADDY?"

[lakey]

Lights, camera, action....

[Txsleuth]

WOW---It sounds like Bolton is doing exactly what we and Dubya have been waiting for...

.07 of our money to go to foreign taxes?? I don't think so..

International Court...no way

What children are they talking about getting schooling by 10? Ours in the USA already do...and they are the ones we should care about..

[steel_resolve]

AMEN BROTHER.

[Publius6961]

With only three weeks to go before world leaders arrive in New York to agree the deal, ambassador John Bolton has tabled at least 500 amendments.

Woooo Hooooo!

I am sure that Adlai Stevenson... Patrick Moynahan... Jeanne Kirkpatrick are all smiling and applauding.

The UN is a corrupt, larcenous cess pool; Huge welfare at an international scale.

Business as usual is hardly a pleasant thought.

[Txsleuth]

I betcha though, that the dems will be howling about this..

Congress is back in session in less than 2 weeks, and I can already see Biden and especially Dodd up on the Senate floor the FIRST day, complaining about the "shoddy treatment" that Bolton has been giving the illustrious leaders at the UN!!! LOL

Which will be followed by a resolution that condemns Pat Robertson for his nasty, nasty suggestion of assasinating their friend Hugo baby!

[dsc]

Somebody should send this thread to the White House.

[Unam Sanctam]

Voinovich weeps...

[Lurker]

Brussels? I was thinking more along the lines of say, Abas Adiba.

You're spot on re: points 2 and 3.

L

[mickie]

Obviously in all the weeks that Bolton was waiting for confirmation, he was hard at work formating these reforms.

Go, John, go!

[Fudd Fan]

Yowzah!
Hubba hubba!!

[peyton randolph]

Brussels?

I was hoping to bankrupt Belgium...plus have the added fun of watching the EUrocrats compete with the UNechs over turf, perqs, etc.

[Publius6961]

Notice the communist spin on the whole story?
"...out to wreck..."

Some things need wrecking!

[MinuteGal]

The President and his brain trust, including Bolton, had all the above issues figured out a long time ago. Now the UN ambassador will carry out the wishes of his boss in New York.

Bolton can be trusted by the Prez one hundred per cent. He's the guy who will tenaciously hang in there despite all slings and arrows.....just as tenaciously as his boss executes the War on Terror under similar fire.

What a team!!!!

Leni

[sgtbono2002]

I was going to use the term Dick, but I didnt want to get barred.

[AliVeritas]

Who's your daddy?

[aquila48]

America's controversial new ambassador to the United Nations is threatening to torpedo 12 months of negotiations on the reform of the organisation.

What wonderful news!! Go Bolt!!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

I betcha though, that the dems will be howling about this..

See for yourself. :)

[Carry_Okie]

With only three weeks to go before world leaders arrive in New York to agree the deal, ambassador John Bolton has tabled at least 500 amendments.

Now we know why the Slave Party wanted delay: They were going to try to get the bulk of this crap shoved through without knowledgeable American opposition.

I hate socialists. What a mendacious, evil, conniving, disaster these thugs are!

[Chode]

[Txsleuth]

You know, I can only read those posts over there for so long, and then their "potty mouths" just make me feel nasty...

They are calling for the UN members to ignore Bolton. goody

[Fred Nerks]

Best news I've heard all week!

[359Henrie]

I like this guy, but get a hair cut.

[Stellar Dendrite]

[Ranald S. MacKenzie]

I need a shower now.

[knighthawk]

American conservatives believe the UN is corrupt and unaccountable. Congress is currently examining a Bill that would cut off American funds unless the UN makes major changes

No more UN for US-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Congress is currently examining a Bill that would cut off American funds unless the UN makes major changes

Just how long does it take to examine the Bill? I heard about Congress cutting off funds in regards to the UN for years.