Posted on 05/02/2007 9:03:00 AM PDT by Kitten Festival
Since the chief antagonist of Paul Wolfowitz on the matter of the settlement is Ad Melkert then head of the World Bank's Ethics Committee, readers might be interested in knowing what he is up to now. From the Inner City Press:
UN sources continue to express surprise that Mr. Melkert's hiring of Eelco Keij, an operative from his political party, the Dutch Labor Party, has not triggered any formal review by UNDP or its Executive Board. And beyond direct personal conflicts of interest, these UN insiders enumerate Mr. Melkert's incongruous talk but no action on issues of ethics at UNDP since he has essentially run the agency.
After taking the Number Two post at UNDP in early 2006, few ethics reforms have been enacted. Following criticism that blossomed from an inquiry into the irregular demotion of UNDP's head of human resources, Brian Gleeson, on November 29, 2006, Mr. Melkert attended a press conference in UN Headquarters on December 15 at which he said he would strive to make UNDP more transparent and more ethical -- "you ain't seen nothing yet," he later said.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Goalposts, schmoalposts! My idea was good!
Wolfie has lost all credibility. It is just a matter of time before he is eased out, kicking and screaming like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
It’s true it’s not a dignified way to go, but I am pleased the bank is going down with him. They should have been put out of their misery a long time ago.
This is a duplicate post.
Easy to do if you don’t classify it.
They were posted close in time and that happens sometimes. As different posters may classify it differently—I usually just check the title.
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