$50 Million Sought to Protect U.N. Facilities Worldwide
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/31briefs-Nations.html
October 31, 2009
World Briefing | United Nations
$50 Million Sought to Protect U.N. Facilities Worldwide
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR [UN] [Afghanistan] [hydra] [Pakistan as central hub in AfPak wheel] [AfPak] [as if needed, additional evidence that Karzai’s election fraudulent] [Kilcullen and others note that a big reason Afghanis turn to Taliban is latter is seen as clean-incorruptile] [*]
Given that 27 civilian staff members have been killed this year, including five in Kabul this week, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/world/31briefs-Nations.html
October 31, 2009
World Briefing | United Nations
$50 Million Sought to Protect U.N. Facilities Worldwide
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR [UN] [Afghanistan] [hydra] [Pakistan as central hub in AfPak wheel] [AfPak] [as if needed, additional evidence that Karzai’s election fraudulent] [Kilcullen and others note that a big reason Afghanis turn to Taliban is latter is seen as clean-incorruptile] [*]
Given that 27 civilian staff members have been killed this year, including five in Kabul this week, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the United Nations General Assembly on Friday that he needed $50 [*] million more to better protect facilities and guesthouses worldwide, and $25 million for a more robust emergency security fund. [if I’m UN worker in region I’m wondering what the hell has taken Ban Ki-moon so long?] [*] “The United Nations, increasingly, has become a target, all too soft a target,” he said. Mr. Ban also questioned why it took Afghan and NATO forces more than an hour to respond to the attack Wednesday in Kabul, noting that he was exploring hiring private guards.
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