Eternal optimist

Gonz

Gonz

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That's me. I get trampled daily & I still look for the silver lining.

Oh look, another tease that there may still be hope.

UN workers to condemn chief
AFP
20nov04

NEW YORK - United Nations employees were reportedly preparing last night to issue a historic vote of no confidence in scandal-plagued chief Kofi Annan.

The UN staff union, in what officials said was the first vote of its kind in the UN's history, was set to approve a resolution withdrawing its support for the embattled Secretary-General and UN management.
Mr Annan has been in the line of fire over a high-profile series of scandals including a UN aid program that investigators said allowed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to embezzle billions of dollars.

But staffers said the trigger for the no-confidence measure was an announcement this week that Mr Annan had pardoned the UN's top oversight official, who was facing allegations of favouritism and sexual harassment.

The union said the probe into the official, Dileep Nair, accused of harassing members of his staff and violating UN rules on the hiring and promotion of workers, was a whitewash.
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This would be beautiful were it actually to happen. But I doubt it will.

I am, you see, the eternal pessimist. :crutch:
 
chcr said:
Unfortunately, pessimists are right much more often. :shrug:
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Yes. However, I do believe that, with time & proper training, this too can change.
 
Union members said the vote wasn't directed at Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search), but at the management of several top officials. In fact, the head of the labor organization said members actually did have confidence in Annan himself.

"We not only have confidence in him, we support him fully," said U.N. Staff Union President Rosemarie Waters on Friday after the no-confidence vote passed. "He is in a very difficult job under very difficult circumstances, but we continue to have hope that he is doing his best. We only want his senior managers to exhibit the transparency and accountability that he has prescribed for the organization."
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139109,00.html
 
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