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International-UN-NGOs
Blair backs Annan: 'the secretary general is doing a good job'
2005-02-08
Tony Blair will this week throw his weight behind the embattled United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, after a report castigated the UN for mismanaging billions of pounds in the oil-for-food programme for Iraq. The Prime Minister and Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, will appear alongside Mr Annan at a day-long seminar in London's Banqueting Hall on Thursday to discuss UN reforms. The joint appearance will be seen as a powerful gesture of British endorsement for Mr Annan in the face of calls from US Congressmen for him to resign because of the oil-for-food (OFF) scandal. "We fully support Kofi Annan as secretary general. The Prime Minister has made clear that the secretary general is doing a good job," said a Downing Street spokesman. Mr Blair appears to have decided that Mr Annan should be supported in trying to overhaul the UN bureaucracy along the lines suggested by a panel of "wise men" last year. This includes admitting more permanent members of the Security Council and drawing up a common definition of terrorism.
Posted by:Bulldog

#8  Socialist, gun-grabbing, totalitarian birds of a feather IMAO.
Posted by: Secret Master   2005-02-08 10:47:43 AM  

#7  Kofi's check must have cleared.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2005-02-08 10:47:25 AM  

#6  Blair backs Annan: ’the secretary general is doing a good job’

...of being utterly useless.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-02-08 10:28:06 AM  

#5  Actually keeping Kofi in charge has many advantages:

1. It embarrasses the pro UN leftists.
2. A threatened Kofi tends to make fewer anti American and anti Israeli remarks.
3. A threatened Kofi will find it harder to ignore other UN outrages.
4. Leftists are less likely to defend UN inaction in Darfur.

By all means - keep Kofi as Sec Gen
Posted by: mhw   2005-02-08 10:15:45 AM  

#4  .com, there's an election coming up, and Tony has to keep the looney left happy a little while longer -- if not happy, at least off his heels. He's just tossing them a bone for now, my guess.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-02-08 9:57:14 AM  

#3   "...the secretary general is doing a good job..." , in fact , just as good as George Galloway .
Posted by: MacNails   2005-02-08 9:27:21 AM  

#2  Mebbe Cherie still hasn't learned how to hum "God Save the Queen" while twirling tassels with counter-rotation for balance and wearing the French Maid outfit he likes so much. Or perhaps she can't get the hang of snapping the riding crop properly. Tony's distinctly irregular performance in Foreign Affairs (from the US POV) may be the product of, and synched with, his success and failure cycle in far more domestic affairs. Since she's out of town, I suggest the Tories kidnap him and get him properly laid. Clear the man's mind of the fog. Purely for therapeutic purposes in the interests of National Security, you understand.

Nothing else explains such a rank obvious stupid statement. Jackass.
Posted by: .com   2005-02-08 9:17:55 AM  

#1  "...the secretary general is doing a good job..."

Hmmmmmmm. Perhaps I do not understand the Position Description. What are a UN SecGen's duties?

1. Provide cushy positions for relatives.
2. Protect employees engaged in criminal acts.
3. Work against the USA and Israel.
4. Protect genocidal regimes.
5. Protect dictatorships.
Posted by: jackal   2005-02-08 8:36:29 AM  

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