Posted on 05/28/2006 12:06:42 PM PDT by billorites
THE BEST THING HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON could do for humanity is not run for president. Nothing against her personally, mind you; it's just that her aspirations could get in the way of her husband's worthier ones.
In our continuing quest to find an appropriate job for our favorite ex-president — a year and a half ago we suggested he become chairman of the Democratic Party — we now offer an even better suggestion. This time, it's a post he has coveted. Not long after leaving office in 2001, Clinton reportedly told an aide that his dream job would be secretary-general of the United Nations. That's our dream too.
The United Nations is a chronic underachiever. Envisioned as the most important organization in the world, the U.N. is often reduced to nothing more than an ineffective debating society. Its New York bureaucracy is calcified, with personnel decisions often based more on patronage than merit. The interests of its 191 member-nations are so polarized that consensus on anything of importance is nearly impossible. It is an institution that produces mountains of reports on bettering the world and follows through on only a few of them. The U.N. famously deliberates in the midst of genocides, produces commitments on foreign aid that its members subsequently ignore and allows countries like Cuba to pass judgment on others' respect for human rights.
And yet, for all that, the world would be a much grimmer place if the U.N. didn't exist. Its peacekeepers are a thin blue-helmeted line between tyrants and innocent civilians around the world, and they represent the only force that can stop the bloodshed in hot spots such as Darfur. Its food, disease-prevention and other aid programs are making a significant difference in blighted areas, and its toothless mechanisms for preventing weapons proliferation...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
A Special Birthday This Week Can you believe it?
Monica Lewinsky turned 31 this week. It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around the White House on her hands and knees.
They grow up so fast.
Article 97
The Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary-General and such staff as the Organization may require. The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. He shall be the chief administrative officer of the Organization.
Article 99
The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the maintenance of international peace and security.
Article 100
1. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any other authority external to the Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on their position as international officials responsible only to the Organization.
2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Clinton also could bridge the growing divide between Washington and much of the world.
What the hell? Half of this country dislike/hate the man. What percentage of the popular vote did he ever receive?
I just happen to be reading Barbara Olsen'e last book (that was published after her death on the Pentagon 911 plane) and it goes into how Clinton put that last straw on the camel's back with his feverish pardoning in the last days of his presidency. It was too much. Clinton was derided by EVERYONE, even the Loopy Left. Crikey, he pardoned terrorists!
I'll tell you how.....
Kofi is a boob. And couldn't sell a used car to a moron.
Sick Slick is like a dead mackerel in the moonlight...dazzlingly, brilliant....yet lifeless and corrupt. He fooled and continues to fool millions in the U.S. He would fool billions as leader of the U.N.
Bill Clinton would win the POTUS again, if he could run.
Maybe.
Or, BJ would become President-at-large of the United States...for a long, long time. Think Kyoto Treaty, International Criminal Court, international taxation, Internet regulation.
And, remember how well he handled the WOT.
Ohfercryinoutloud.
I've known forever that the mainstream, liberal media.....especially print media.......worship at the altar of All Things Clinton, but this is unreal.
Watching the LA Times editorial board commit fellatio on Clinton in such a way is nothing short of disgusting. I'm convinced that they're a drooling bunch of undersexed, dweebish morons. This confirms it beyond a doubt.
I haven't found it either. Going by the excerpts of the articles I'm quoting from, it looks like they have few rules in place and most of their current "rules" are simply going by past procedures with nothing actually set in stone.
United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)
Selecting a United Nations Secretary-General: A Context for Reform?
February 2006
Background
Despite these far ranging responsibilities, the UN Charter provides minimal guidance on the process of selecting the UN's top diplomat, stating simply that "the Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council."
There are no explicit criteria or qualifications for the post, including term limits or country of origin. In practice, this has given the five permanent members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) veto power over the selection process within the council since the UN's founding.
The General Assembly has had the theoretical power to override the council's selection by failing to give the recommended candidate the necessary majority vote; nonetheless, to date, the General Assembly has never rejected a candidate referred by the Security Council.
Due to a lack of official guidelines, some precedents have emerged over the years with respect to choosing the secretary-general. The post's tenure lasts either one or two terms of five years. The selection is based on a geographical rotation, and it is generally accepted that the secretary-general should not originate from one of the permanent five member states.
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Viewpoints - Discord Expected Over Kofi Annan's Successor
Proposed Selection Process Changes
Radio Free Europe (Feb. 21) had this to report about the selection process: "there is an unwritten agreement that the secretary-general will not be a national of any of the five veto-holding permanent members of the council — China, France, Russia, Great Britain, and the United States. So far, this informal rule has held. And some U.N. diplomats express regret behind the scenes that because of it, former U.S. President Bill Clinton probably is not eligible to head the world body."
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Then he could dust off that Order of Lenin medal the KGB has been keeping in Moscow for him for his service to the Soviet Union during his Oxford days. Burgess, Philby, Mclain and Clinton.
3. The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and
The Bent One is out on his ear!
You're right. He never won a plurality: 42 or 43% in `92, 46 or 47% in `96. As I'm sure you know, Ross Perot gets the credit for that. And Willie's lucky he didn't do prison-time.
Hillary isn' taken seriously as a candidate by Demo-players (and `garden-variety' Dims). The usual problem for candidates is getting known. Her problem is that we know her all too well.
Freudian slip?
hahaha ! DING!! DING!! DING!!
We have a WEINER !!
Yeah, it's really over the top, isn't it?
WJC should be inmate no. 741297. Making big rocks into litle rocks for the Arkansas State Prison system.
BJ's delusional.
I finally got around to reading "Fighting Back" by Bill Sammon, and just read something I didn't know or had forgotten. During that beautiful prayer service and speech that President Bush held at the Nathional Cathedral three days after 9/11, Billy Jeff broke protical after Rev. Billy Graham spoke. As Rev. Graham was leaving the podium, ole Billy stood up and started clapping. There was to be no clapping and IF any clapping were to be had, it would/should have been the President who started it. BJ showed his sorry a$$ at the most solemn event in recent history. Make you want to gag.
I can see why you say so but during any campaign WJC would not be able to run away from his record. Just the pardons he dispensed are enough to take him down: the Puerto Rican terrorists, the Hasidic jews who bilked 40 MILLION dollars from the feds, a number of drug dealers and finally Marc Rich. No, Clinton is good, but he's not that good.
Apparently that was in error...it is a resolution based on an "understanding" that permanent members are not considered for that office...so I guess it could easily be set aside if all were in agreement against a veto.
This is quite a nightmare scenario and more possible than I had feared. Yikes.
And you woefully forget the complete and utter ignorance of the sheeple.
But..it's a moot point.
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