CLAUDIA ROSETT: The U.N.'s Spreading Bribery Scandal: Russian Ties and Global Reach

From today's FoxNews.com:

How widespread is the corruption at the United Nations? The multibillion-dollar Iraq Oil-for-Food scandal was just the beginning.

Now the issue is becoming the scale of corruption in the U.N.'s normal operations — and which individuals and corporations are reaping the benefits of a network of bribery and conspiracy that investigators have just begun to uncover. So far, those identities are still a mystery — but perhaps not for much longer. Read more of Claudia Rosett and George Russell's article.

Comments

[Joseph Fulvio]

Ms. Rosette:

Keep going. You're performing an outstanding service to the global public and to history. You've also had the additional challenge of cutting through the reluctance of the media to cover UN corruption.

There's been much discussion of well-deserved Pulitzer. Given the tarnished reputations of past recipients, I wish there were other ways to recognize your hard work.

Perhaps the hoped-for reform of the UN will be the greatest reward and monument to your effort.

[John]

I've no problem with differing opinions, but as a member of the global public Mr Fulvio most certainly does not speak for me.
Before we all get too high and mighty about the undeniable corruption at the UN, let us remember that all large organisations suffer similar. There is plenty of stink to come from the contracts dolled out after an unnecessary and inconclusive war in Iraq to companies with ties to members of the administration that went to war.
The US has done more than any other country to undermine and devalue the efforts of the UN. It is far from perfect, as all political machines are, but it offers the best hope for the future. It seems, however, that this is a lesson the US will need to learn the hard way.
A Pulitzer might be in the offing if the reporting were a little more balanced about spotting and investigating corruption.