Posted on 01/15/2009 10:58:41 AM PST by DFG
To chair the 2009 governing board of the U.N.'s flagship agency, the multibillion-dollar globe-girdling United Nations Development Program, dedicated to promoting good governance and ending poverty, the U.N. has now picked--wait for it--the Islamic Republic of Iran.
This decision--reached last Friday--has escaped public notice, perhaps because the UNDP has neglected to advertise the news, or maybe because the world is too busy watching in Gaza the latest product of Iran's terrorist development programs in the Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
Isaiah 5:20 — Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
The UN’s choices often remind me of DC voters electing Marion Barry, where the choice is made mainly to offend those of us who have standards. I’m not sure why any sensible person thinks the world still needs the UN.
The UN becomes more hostile to Israel and the US by the day....
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