laconic2

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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject: U.S. Fed Up With UN North Korea Ethics Case |
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A diplomat not afraid to use less than diplomatic language is always worth a read:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294270,00.html
What's it all about? Here's a snippet from the above link:
"Wallace�s blunt letter is a bid to cut through a bizarre impasse that has developed at the U.N. regarding unauthorized payments of perhaps tens of millions of dollars in hard currency by UNDP to the regime of Kim Jong-Il and the revelation that roughly two-thirds of the UNDP staff in North Korea were appointed by and were still working for the North Korean government, again in violation of UNDP rules." |
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