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Well what is the purpose of this thread? To exhonorate Koffi Annan from the human rights abuses that have occured not only under his watchfull eye, but often with assistance from the UN itself? I think you're suggesting that the Oil-for-food scandal is based on fiction as a way to undermine the UN's standing, right? Should I really care if the 10% payoffs during the Oil for Food program were done legally through scam loopholes?

Wel I think it buries the bigger picture - Koffi Annan's ethics are in question, he has a no confidence vote, and while there are many reasons he should resign, I personally think Darfur is the least debatable.

Didn't the UN re-elect the Sudanese to their human rights watchdog only last May (alongside Syria, and Libya as the chair)? Two months after they would make their first Resolution regarding Darfur... they didn't even threaten sanctions until September. Keep in mind the situation has been brewing over 18 years, and 2 million deaths, not counting the 70,000 recent murders. Nothing preventative was done and they STILL haven't labeled it genocide.

Look at how Anaan handled Rwanda, where they certainly did have the ability to do more then they did, and you can see a pattern.
Didn't Annan refuse to send more troops when retired Canadian General Romeo Daillaire phoned in from Rwanda in a panic? It started with 800,000 deaths in a mere 100 days. Nearly 3 million more were left homeless. The Security Council cut the 2000 troop presence down to 270 instead.

The UN under Koffi Annan has blood on it's hands. Weren't 8,000 Bosnian Muslims massacred in 1995 while in the UN "safe area" of Srebrenica? Weren't IDF soldiers kidnapped while the UN videotaped the episode, and didn't they protected the identity of the guerilla operatives? There are countless stories of child prostitution rings organized by UN police in Bosnia, and similar accusations are coming out of the Congo too. There are run away chemical programs in N. Korea, Syria, Iran, Egypt, Lybia and Pakistan... it goes on and on. I guess that is "proactive" depending on your motives though.

Like I said - We constantly hear that the UN should intervene in the rebuilding of Iraq, or that they should have been allowed to remedy these situation as an alternative to US interferance .... but their track record is incompitance, and shows little ability to take action towards a mandate to enforce a peacefull world union. I think you're ultimately missing the point though... Anaan already is a "maliable tool who rubber stamps initiatives", only he's placating the very nations who are responsible for a great deal of the injustice the UN is meant to combat.