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POPSNational Gaps Between Rich & Poor - USA is No. 3
When I saw this headline, I thought for sure the ole USA would be at the top of the list but NO there really are greedier nations (people) residing on this Earth. Though only 2, for USA hit the number 3 slot. It's a pity that the human race has yet to understand that we are all one, all traveling in the same direction of unknowing. Yet material-wise we struggle to have a one-upmanship on one another; a need of sorts to look down your nose at those financially beneath you due to hard luck or heritage. The visualization of this gap is hardest to stomach. With architecturally handsome buildings on one side of the picture (You can envision those within these structures looking out their ivory tower windows at the ants below.) and poor people, on the other side, in fetal-like positions, huddled against buildings to protect themselves from the elements, cold, hungry and hopeless. It’s the food-chain, only the winners aren’t the fittest but the greediest.
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POPSFouad Ajami strikes again Ajami is one of the "truth-tellers," as he calls the authors of the UNDP Arab Human Development Reports. He pulls no punches. Must read if you're interested in US policy i the Arab world.
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POPSU.N. Ignores Its Own Procurement Ban
The fact that UNDP, a $5 billion development agency, chose to override the vendor suspension is particularly significant, because UNDP is the premier agency through which the U.N. operates on the ground in most of the 160 countries that it services. The UNDP decision to disregard the blacklist inspired by the "serious" (UNDP's term) issue of the bribery of U.N. officials raises a host of questions about the actual status of the effort to clean up corruption within the organization's multi-billion-dollar procurement business, which was described by U.N. investigators in 2006 as wrapped in "systematic abuse," "a pattern of corrupt practices," and "a culture of impunity." Confidential UNDP records obtained by FOX News show that UNDP officials began considering the idea of using Corimec barely three weeks after the blacklisting was announced, based on a request from UNDP's Pakistan office. UNDP officials were fully aware of Corimec's suspension, and the reason for it.
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POPSUN Development Program Violates UN Regulations This disregard for the UN's own regulations has led to N. Korea's President Kim Jong Ill to receive "millions". The full report, is here (link is courtesy of foxnews.com): http://www.undp.org/dprk/docs/EIIRP_Final_Report_31%20May.pdf
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POPSUNV Sanjit now for dev4india Initiating change 01 October 2004 Bonn, Germany: Transferring skills to village volunteers in how to create and manage water bodies, and helping spread the spirit of volunteerism is all the reward I need to keep going on this tough road to drought mitigation. My dream is to make at least one village free of misery and drought."
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POPSUN / Google Censor Journalist Matthew Lee I work with Matthew at the UN - every day we attend briefings, stakeouts and meetings together. Matthew is certainly a 'thorn' in the establishment's side. Matt is a great journalist, and de-listing his material is akin to censorship.
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