The BBC faithfully reports that former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, one of their favourite sons, has urged African leaders to “do more” with regard to Zimbawe and Mugabe’s thuggocracy. One wonders why the BBC does not see fit to ask why Kofi himself did nothing during his years as Secretary -General? Maybe for the same reason that Annan did nothing during the Rwanda genocide and the Darfur genocide? The pious words of this morally bankrupt fool are reported by Al Beeb as if they have real moral and political meaning when in fact it is obvious that they are – unreal.
UNREAL.
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Shame on the BBC for reporting the words of a former UN Secretary General as if he is some kind of experienced authority on world affairs.
Experienced crook – you mean surely?
Shame on the BBC for reporting the words of a former UN Secretary General as if he is some kind of experienced authority on world affairs.
Alex | Homepage | 19.04.08 – 9:40 pm
Exactly! Erm, you were being ironic I presume.
You know I’ve read this through a couple of times and I can’t understand whether you want the BBC to side against Annan or Mugabe.
It is no use expecting a little liberal to know about the Oil For Food scam,or to have read Claudia Rossett’s work on the subject.Or know anything about Kofi’s son Kojo and the part he played.
I do know about the Oil for Food scandal. I’m just baffled as to what it has to do with Zimbabwe. What you are asking of the BBC is that it goes out of its way to discredit Annan regardless of relevance to the story.
Kofi Annan in Hebrew is ‘Cloud Monkey’.
That’s quite appropriate since he would monkey about on cloud nine and occasionally come down to earth to make a pretty speech about how “deeply concerned” the UN was about a given conflict/genocide and what “must be done.” The BBC love Kofi and the UN. They might need a bit of time to check out his successor – this Ban Ki-moon whatchmacallhim. He seems to show a bit of old-fashioned guts occasionally and doesn’t automatically follow the PC line.
Alex
I know I am a just a Lancashire hick but what I took the post to mean is what a hypocrite.
When Anan had an opportunity to do something useful he was more concerned with building up his Ghanaian corruption cartel.
Part of this, and only part, was his own oil for food programme where he made a mint.
His son’s Ghanaian nanny’s became senior UN officials for Pete’s sake.
Well she did hand out nice letters so that Anan’s son did not pay tax.
So she had her uses.
Anan Sr. did bugger all with mass murder happening in Zimbabwe when in office.
And now that hypocytic is getting on his high horse about corruption and Zimbabwe.
Sorry , that’s just my take on the post.
Sorry if its all wrong.
Remember I’m not leftie and part of the Metro elite so cannot be expected to funny understand these things.
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Fair point Hat, and I’d advise you to try and build up your confidence a little – a nice place Lancashire.
But you did make the standard B-BBC error and forget to say anything at all about the BBC and its coverage.
The BBC, EU, UN, Olympics and the big name charities are all part of the same self congratulatory network of spongers. They are a cosy, multi-national, metropolitan refuge for upper-middle class nobodies protected by old money.
And we aren’t fooled just because these organisations choose riff-raff to front up their trade.
I should imagine Kofi Anan is probably on the shortlist to be the next Director General of the BBC.
He is, after all eminently qualified
1. He’s Institutionally Leftist
2. He’s a knee-jerk anti-American
3. He’s an expert in living off the public tit.
“I do know about the Oil for Food scandal. I’m just baffled as to what it has to do with Zimbabwe.”
Then you will know of Annan’s involvement,that the man is out of the same mould as Mugabe.You should also know that the UN is a thoroughly crooked organisation,which will not lift a finger to save Africa.
BBC teletext news this evening had 10 stories under its ‘Main’ headline section. At number 10 came ‘Downing St denies 10p tax rethink’.
Under the UK news section, this story didn’t appear at all, even though every UK story ahead of it in the ‘Main’ section did, and many UK more stories not in the ‘Main’ section were worthy of inclusion in the UK section.
Burying bad news for your paymasters?
Alex, I’d advise you to remove your head from its dark, confined space.
The corruption, nepotism and ineptitude of Kofi Annan made him a byword for all that is wrong with ‘internationalism’. The only thing worse than his kleptocracy has been the conduct of UN ‘peacekeeping’ soldiers/child rapists in trouble zones.
The suspicion for us paranoid sorts is whether the tax-funded BBC really gave people like Annan a proper scrutiny in his days of power or was more inclined to give him a pass on account of his politics and, yes, his race.
In our younger days, some of us (me inluded) actually believed in the UN’s mision and integrity, but we have watched its decline into corruption (and fanatical hostility to Israel). This happened under Annan’s watch.
If the BBC had asked Kofi Annan why he did nothing about Zimbawe during his tenure as Secretary-General they would have discovered.
1) The Secretariat has no troops of its own and has to ask members to provide troops and financing for any peacekeeping efforts.
2) The UN generally can do nothing involving force if the Security Council doesn’t direct it. I checked back 10yrs and the UNSC hasn’t made a single resolution about Zimbawe. (www.un.org/documents/scres.htm)
The last time I can find when Zimbabwewas debated was 1973 i.e. pre Mugabe (www.globalpolicy.org/security/membship/veto/vetosubj.htm). As UNSC discussions are held behind closed doors it is possible that there have been attempts to discuss Zimbabwe that weren’t vetoed because they failed to win a majority.
3) Ditto, UN General Assembly re Zimbabwe (www.un.org/documents/resga.htm). The strongest response I could find was this draft resolution (www.democracycaucus.net/pdf/3rdcom_zimbabwe.pdf) urging the Government of Zimbabwe to take all necessary measures to ensure that human rights are promoted and protected and that the rule of law is respected in Zimbabwe;
Also urges the Government of Zimbabwe to implement its obligations under the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights and other human rights treaties to which it is party, to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishments as soon as possible, and to cooperate fully with all relevant special mechanisms of the Commission on Human Rights;
4) Normally the UN ignores problems occurring completely within the borders of a sovereign state. If it didn’t, I expect that so many resolutions would be drafted that nothing would be done about anything.
I’m no fan of Kofi Annan but his hands were essentially tied.
The BBC needs to ‘go out of his way’ to discredit this corrupt, useless waste of space? ROFL.
I must admit, I thought Alex was a beeboid. Mea culpa. He is a UN official. How else to explain his state of denial concerning the non-importance of the man who managed to leave the UN even more corrupt and discredited than it was when he came to office, which is a huge achievement? (Irony alert for the benefit Mr ‘twat’ Alex and others equally slow of thinking).
Can I just say I’m fed up of hearing about Zimbabwe and Africa generally.
Why is it of any concern to us?
If they, like the middle east want to kill each other in large numbers, then let them get on with it.
Gordon McBean should be spending his time and our money on sorting out OUR Country and the Muslim terrorists living here.
The BBC are a joke. They love Mugabe, so why do they protest so?
http://www.onejerusalem.com/wp-content/Coffee_annan.jpg
Deegee
If Kofi’s hands were tied, they were tied by someone very close to his heart
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/cover020805.htm
“Then you will know of Annan’s involvement,that the man is out of the same mould as Mugabe.”
Now, I would say Václav Klaus and George Bush are out of the same mould – firm believer in free market economics, man-made global warming rather less so. Had a few scandals and economic difficulties. Admittedly George Bush has quite a pointy face and Klaus’ is, frankly, rather square, but as politicians they are rather similar.
But look at all these BBC stories that mention him and not Bush: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=vaclav+klaus+site%3Abbc.co.uk+-bush&btnG=Search&meta=
“They’re just like each other” is a complete non-argument.
Now can you explain what Oil for Food has to do with Zimbabwe except having people from the same continent involved?
“I must admit, I thought Alex was a beeboid. Mea culpa. He is a UN official.”
This is what I find strangest about you lot. You can’t envisage anyone disagreeing with you who isn’t doing it for a living.
What I find strangest about Mr ‘twat’ Alex is that he has no grasp of irony whatsoever.
Sorry, I assumed the irony alert was sarcastic.
“Now, I would say Václav Klaus and George Bush are out of the same mould ”
Stupid girl!
Alex, are/were you ‘Angry Young Alex’? Are you older now but no wiser? Well, if you were angry before but are no longer, at least that is progress: angry young men become bitter old ones. Look at that hopeless bunch of lefty losers: George Galloway, Tariq Ali, and that chinless lawyer Khan. You wanna become like them? Please try and learn a little history and geopolitics. You may enjoy the rhetorical experience of defending the indefensible, but it does little to personal growth in character and maturity.
I am/was. But then I posted on something else as ‘Alex’ and AutoComplete did the rest.
Now can you explain what Oil for Food has to do with Zimbabwe except having people from the same continent involved?
Koffi Annan! That is what the post was about.
Whilst you are at it Alex wash your brain out with this Might cure your bad case of AGW.
I knew Kofi Annan figured in there. I just wasn’t sure how his involvement in OfF was in any way connected to his involvement in the current Zimbabwe shenanigan.
And I have AGW now? When did I say that? My medical records are confidential.
“Now, I would say Václav Klaus and George Bush are out of the same mould – firm believer in free market economics, man-made global warming rather less so.”
You can’t help yourself Alex it is pathological.
What a confused child.
What exactly is your point?