Angola's Last War for Peace: What the UN Did and Why
Kofi Annan 09 January 1997
I will not compromise. I expect from each and every staff member, at all levels, a total commitment to excellence. I pledge to you today that we will develop a new management culture in the Organization. Our senior managers across the world must understand their obligation to properly manage the staff [I intend] to hold my managers accountable We are the United Nations The excellence of our performance will turn our detractors into supporters. We all know [that] nobody argues with success.
Corrupt officials, knowingly or not, display a contempt for other people, no matter how minor or seemingly innocent their corrupt acts. This contempt harbours within it the seeds of megalomania that, if allowed to flourish, will eventually blossom into grosser and grosser acts … where other people are considered expendable and other people’s lives are considered meaningless and useless. All corruption is a deceit, a lie, that sacrifices the common good or the public interest for something much less … [I]t gives comfort to social pathologies that divide, destabilise and desensitise. Not only does it point society in the wrong direction, but it also exhausts governmental legitimacy, supports the wrong kind of public leadership and sets the wrong kind of example for future generations.
Gerald E. Caiden, Toward a General Theory of Official Corruption, Asian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1988, p.19
Main Funders of UNDP 2005: Global partnership for development United Nations Development Programme
UNDP Angola Main Donors (Cost Sharing) 2006: Programme Management Support Unit
NORAD $341,237 Canada $6,455 Netherlands $10,381 UNAIDS $23,023 WORLD BANK $50,000 DFID $548,032 Chevron $937,103 Wrong Donor $6
Postscript
There will no longer be any postings to this site regarding my almost decade-long battle to achieve justice from UNDP, except in the extremely unlikely event that they do choose to make restitution. This experience has drawn me into the last few years into an investigation of Transnational Economic Crime Networks, in other words companies and individuals that exploit Africa’s wealth to the detriment of Africans. Not particularly surprisingly instances have been found of UNDP involvement in this. Future publications and Blog posts will deal with these issues.
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