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World's poorest can bank on UN support, secretary-general says
2008-10-09
"Banks may be failing. But the world's bottom billion can bank on us."
The world's poorest people can count on the United Nations and its member states to support them, despite the current crisis engulfing financial markets, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. "Everyone has felt the earthquake on Wall Street. But it has not shaken our resolve," Ban told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, where he held the first in a series of regular monthly press conferences. "Banks may be failing. But the world's bottom billion can bank on us."
Posted by:Fred

#17  Well, for the aristocrats in the countries with the bottom billion, at least.
Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti   2008-10-09 21:32  

#16  He has $16 billion for "the world's bottom billion." That's $16 per person the way I do the math.
Posted by: Darrell   2008-10-09 21:07  

#15  rjschwartz: maybe before adopting that proposal you should double-check which country just purchased Iceland.
Posted by: Tranquil Mechanical Yeti   2008-10-09 20:56  

#14  So you want a security council dominated by the Saudis and Iran?
Posted by: lotp   2008-10-09 20:44  

#13  The UN should sell seats to the Security Council. A bidding war. If Japan, India, Brazil or whomever want a permanent seat the pony up and outbid one of the existing members.

Let a couple nations pool their resources and buy a seat together. Say Canada, New Zealand and Australia. That would get some fun back into the UN if they held an actual auction and you'd get a ton of money in the process. It's not as if the UN isn't bought and sold anyway.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2008-10-09 16:14  

#12  If by 'bank on', you mean 'behave in a completely predictable and self-serving way', then yeah, what he said. And hurry up with my shrimp cocktail!
Posted by: SteveS   2008-10-09 12:37  

#11  I don't give a flyin' shit what ole Ban Ki and his UN hustler pals do as long as we American Taxpayers are not any part of it. Let McPain say that one of his first acts when he becomes POTUS is to divest the United States from the UN. That would cause a lefty like Brokaw ( who tries to cover his path well) to choke on his cud. McPain would get a lot of votes also. But, the old fool won't do it. Someone said he resembled Yosemite Sam after the dynamite didn't go off yet again. I laughed till I hurt on that one. I hadn't thought of it, but that's exactly what he resembles. He better get some smoke in his ass pronto. It may be too late already.
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-10-09 11:24  

#10  Why didn't they fly an airplane into THAT building?

Because that would have been good and they were up for no good.
Posted by: JFM   2008-10-09 10:55  

#9  AIRBORNE! Vader.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-10-09 10:45  

#8  The US Army would be cheaper.

And a lot more fun...

for me
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-10-09 10:43  

#7  Because the lawyers it would take to get rid of them would cost us even more.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-10-09 10:39  

#6  They can bank on the UN...

Paid for by the USA.

Someone remind me again why we keep these leeches?
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-10-09 10:19  

#5  Why didn't they fly an airplane into THAT building?
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-10-09 10:17  

#4  Bank on the UN, huh? Are they printing their own UN currency now? Do they have their own UN banking system? No? So how ya gonna do it, Ban Man?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-10-09 10:15  

#3  Bank on us? Not if your major depositors withdraw all their funds.
Posted by: AlanC   2008-10-09 10:06  

#2  You punk ass hussies.
Posted by: newc   2008-10-09 01:38  

#1  Do the bottom billion despise me, or is that a drafty Halloween costume you are wearing, UN?

Is that an invoice for the US Federal Government or are you just happy to see me? After all, that dominatrix Bolton has been promoted to galactic affairs. Are you still squabbling about that damn renovation?

Damn.


Posted by: newc   2008-10-09 01:35  

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