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2007-07-12 International-UN-NGOs
U.N. complex breaks budget
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Posted by tu3031 2007-07-12 12:57|| || Front Page|| [5 views ]  Top

#1 Wouldn't it be cheaper to just build a brand new building in some other country? Not that the UN cares how much it costs.
I have lots of suggestions for where to build it. Someplace sunny, like Mecca. Or tropical, like Khartoum, Sudan. Or, as tu3031 suggested, Gaza or Somalia. Anywhere but here.
Posted by Rambler">Rambler  2007-07-12 13:37||   2007-07-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

#2 I love the dea of build them a new place in Gaza, Hell I would be in favor of the U.S. paying for the whole thing.
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-07-12 14:01||   2007-07-12 14:01|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sure they have nice, modern office buildings in Brussels...
Posted by mojo">mojo  2007-07-12 15:41||   2007-07-12 15:41|| Front Page Top

#4 I still remember Donald Trump's testimony to the Senate about the renovation. He offered to do for Kofi at a cost of (as I recall) ~$300 million. Kofi refused.

Trump then related his experience meeting with the beauzeau in charge of the project. He said that as the conversation developed, he realized that this person had never managed a large building reconstruction before. Trump, who had started off as an idealist wanting to help the UN, finally walked away in disgust.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2007-07-12 17:49||   2007-07-12 17:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Round 'em up. Collect on the tickets and shoot the fuckers.
Posted by jds 2007-07-12 22:01||   2007-07-12 22:01|| Front Page Top

#6 The UN Board of Auditors. Boy, I'll bet that's a tough job...

The caviar alone would cause most people to undergo congestive heart failure.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-07-12 22:45||   2007-07-12 22:45|| Front Page Top

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