20070102 UN Sec Ban to fill two UN posts this wk with controversy

UN Sec Ban to fill two UN posts this wk with controversy

January 2^nd, 2007 – January 4^th, 2007

Fox News is carrying an Associated Press article on its web site that indicates that when former United Nations secretary Kofi Annan left the building, we may have gone from the frying pan to the fire.

Add to our woes with the UN is the fact that we no longer have the calibre of individual in former UN ambassador John Bolton to look after our best interests…

New Secretary-General to Fill 2 U.N. Posts This Week, Could Bring Controversy

By Liza Porteus, Tuesday, January 02, 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,240800,00.html

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

AP NEW YORK — New Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to announce his picks for two of the top posts vacant at the United Nations this week, a spokeswoman said Tuesday — and one of those choices could be controversial.

Ban, the former foreign minister of South Korea who started his new job Tuesday, will soon make public his choices for under secretary-general for administration and management and the head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

The administration and management job traditionally has gone to an American, but this time, it could be different.

Press reports over the weekend indicated that Ban might choose Alicia Barcena of Mexico to head up the administration and management office, but that report has not been confirmed. Barcena is the former chief of staff of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who left that position late last year, making way for Ban.

The appointment of a non-American to the job would be a "disaster" for the U.S.-led effort to reform the U.N., according to one U.N. official.

Read the rest of the article here. Prepare to be annoyed.

For more reading go here: Bolton US Amb to the UN John, UN

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