seven US Senators have written a letter on November 14th, to Ms. Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State, demanding that the current administration continue to pressure the UN to implement the reforms and institutionalizing internal control mechanisms and a system of justice for all.
In the letter the Senators, Coburn, Kyl, Brownback, Coleman, Vitter, DeMint and Ensign, applaud the United States latest Initiative in seeking greater transparency and accountability at the United Nations (UNTAI). While they remind the Secretary of State that : -"the US taxpayers invests over $5 billion annually to the UN without knowing how most of it is spent" and that her own department should be doing more to monitor and enforce that the UN at least be transparent with the Untied States on how they spend their $5 billion.
UNTAI is a flagship achievement of the United States Mission to the UN, which has been in the making since the times of Amb. John Bolton. If it wasn't for Amb. John Bolton and Amb. Mark Wallace (and his team), this initiative might have lost grip in the bureaucratic labyrinths of State Department, and be undermined by those within the State Department who think that the UN should be "left alone and do whatever they want with the US - $5 billion".
The initiative intends to re-energize the UN and its agencies and ensure that they establish internal mechanisms that would strengthen accountability towards the member states of the UN, as well as implement a new reporting mechanism that would make public all internal audits of the UN as well as programme and project budgets.
While the initiative has had a major impact outside the UN, the UN Internal News distribution system barred this initiative for being known from the staff around the world.
For those that wants to know more about it please visits this website: United Nations Transparency & Accountability Initiative
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don't give those bastards a single penny and watch how would they behave
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