According to this report: the U.N. Staff give a 'No Confidence' vote to its top leaders.
A union representing United Nations staff has voted "no confidence" in senior management but stopped short of singling out Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The vote is largely symbolic and has no effect over any U.N. officials' jobs. But it isn’t a good sign for the top leaders' effectiveness as heads of the world body.
It is the first time in the labor organization’s history that it has cast such a vote, which happened behind closed doors Friday afternoon at U.N. headquarters in New York.
The move was in response to a series of scandals plaguing the United Nations under Annan’s leadership.
What's that, you say? The U. N. Staff Union President says they "only have confidence" in Annan and "support him fully"?
Hmmmm. So what about this?
However, the resolution, a copy of which has been obtained by FOX News, accuses Annan of several instances of mismanagement.
Union officials said the final straw was Annan’s decision this week to clear a senior U.N. official on charges of favoritism and sexual harassment.
Annan announced he was pardoning the official, Dileep Nair, even though employees accused Nair of harassing staff and practicing favoritism in his hiring and promotion methods.
It was the second time in two weeks that Annan has refused to take action against a senior official accused of harassment.
And we're supposed to get our international actions blessed by this circus of clowns?
Yeah. Right.
May the U. N. go the way of the League of Nations.
Posted by Clifton at November 19, 2004 04:44 PM | TrackBack