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Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign minister and senior U.N. diplomat who helped form governments in Iraq and Afghanistan, has just completed a survey of U.N. security in 20 duty stations around the world.
"Wherever the panel went, they were told by the U.N. people - and this is not only in Arab and Muslim countries but in Geneva, Rome, Nairobi and Sri Lanka - that there is this phenomenon these last few years that the U.N. is not perceived by a lot of people as impartial and independent," Mr. Brahimi said.
"What's happening in the Middle East has a lot to do with it, but it's not only that. The big powers are using their muscles to influence the United Nations and that the United Nations is, not always, but time to time does not speak on behalf of its 192 members."
Mr. Brahimi's 103-page report, released last week, was undertaken after an Islamic group affiliated with al Qaeda blew up the U.N. headquarters in Algeria in December.
I'm not making this up - It's all Israel's fault.
Bubbaman Jul 2, 2008 at 6:14:33 am no comments
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