Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took the stage at Turtle Bay to call out the dangers the world faces, from war and nuclear weapons to inequality and climate change.
Yet while asking world leaders to give more money to the United Nations, he remained silent about the waste, fraud and abuse that plague so many of the organization’s endeavors.
The hotel would likely go under if not for UN business; Damascus is not a tourist destination these days.The UN claims keeping its staff at the Four Seasons is about keeping them safe.A former UN diplomat with experience in the Syrian capital told me the regime tells UN agencies it can only guarantee the safety of their staff if they stay at the Four Seasons.
There was much hand-wringing at UN headquarters, followed by lengthy deliberations that generated a new set of principles for ensuring the independence and impartiality of UN operations in Syria.The World Health Organization, the UN body with a habit of parroting Beijing’s talking points on COVID, had to suspend its top executive in Damascus last year amid accusations of corruption and abusing her staff.
Speaking from the podium at Turtle Bay, the secretary-general declared that “the global humanitarian system is on the verge of collapse,” so member states need to step up and donate more to his organization — an apt reminder the UN isn’t wasting its own money at the Four Seasons Damascus.What the United States and its allies should do is make clear to the UN they will turn off the spigot if the body doesn’t get its act together.
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