At UD, Bolton calls U.N. 'troubled institution'(new challenges)

[maddezmom]

U.S. ambassador outlines three global challenges: Iran, Lebanon and SomaliaBuy this photo

The News Journal/GINGER WALL

Curbing a nearly 20-year effort by Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, disentangling Lebanon from Syrian control and inserting a U.N. peacekeeping force in the genocide-ridden Darfur region of the Sudan are the three most pressing challenges facing the United States today, the country's ambassador to the United Nations told a University of Delaware audience Monday evening.

John Bolton presented his conclusions during a lecture in the university's 2006 Global Agenda series, "Hidden Dangers: Global Challenges Below the Radar."

To meet its challenges, the United Nations desperately needs reform, Bolton said, which is something he hopes to help achieve as its U.S. ambassador. Bolton was sworn in during a congressional recess in 2005, after a political battle over his nomination that focused on his stinging criticisms of the multinational organization.

"The U.N. is an institution that has played an enormous role and has the prospect of playing a role in the future," he said. "Now, it's a troubled institution in governance, in effectiveness and management."


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What happened to N. Korea? :shrug:

[BlueManDude]

1. how long does a recess appointment last?

[maddezmom]

2. until a new congress...Jan 2007

[saigon68]

4. He is slime on the pond floor

[KeepItReal]

3. Some people say.... "The U.S. Ambassador is a Mo-Fo!"

What I wanna know is, who called that Mo-Fo a U.S. Ambassador?

[Bridget Burke]

5. Bolton was made Ambassador as a reward......

Here he is, earning his award--Florida, 2000:


Miami Herald, archived at Google

Posted on Sun, Jul. 14, 2002

Bush recount troops land plum D.C. jobs

Many of president's appointees fought Gore's bid to take Florida, White House

BY CAROL ROSENBERG

John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, caused a stir in May by accusing the Cuban government of transferring bioweapons technology to rogue nations. Nineteen months ago, he caused a different stir -- bursting into a Tallahassee library on behalf of the Bush-Cheney campaign to stop a recount of Miami-Dade County ballots…

More information here:
http://www.makethemaccountable.com/myth/BushWon2004Election.htm

[gademocrat7]

6. I am eagerly awaiting Jan. 2007

Everyday becomes more dangerous and embarrassing with shrub and his band of bullies pretending to defend and protect our country.

[maddezmom]

9. does the appointment expire for all time? or could * appoint him again?

:shrug:

found this on CNN:
What is a recess appointment?

• The president has the power to make a temporary appointment to fill a vacancy for a federal post while the Senate is not in session or is in "recess."
• Unlike other presidential appointments, recess appointments do not require confirmation by the Senate.
• The power to make recess appointments is granted in the U.S. Constitution. Article II, Section 2, Clause 3 says, "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."

[Bassic]

7. To me, the United States government

is a better example of a "troubled insitution".

[ShockediSay]

13. that and especially the so-called democracy

that elects it

[Kutjara]

8. One way we could reform the UN...

...is for the USA to cough up the nearly $1bn in unpaid dues it owes so that the UN could afford to do its job. Another would be if the member nations didn't send the UN on impossible missions, with little equipment and no mandate. A third would be if the UN was actually representative of all its members, and not just the cozy club of "great powers" that manipulate its agenda for their own ends.

[Gman]

10. Bolton is a troubled man

[no_hypocrisy]

11. I can't imagine Bolton having a whole lotta influence on the U.N. when

his tenure is rather temporary. On the other hand, if it looked like he'd be there a while, then maybe he'd be a real threat.

The only thing I can figure is the * administration wants one of two things: either the U.N. becomes a handmaiden to this regime or the U.S. continues to refuse to fund the U.N. via its dues.

[baby_mouse]

12. Troubled, Bolton, because YOU'RE IN IT. NT.

[tn-guy]

14. GIve the devil his due

Regardless of one's opinion of Mr. Bolton it is undeniable that the UN is a troubled institution. The noxious example of the UN Human Rights Commission alone illustrates just how low the UN has sunk. The blatant, petty corruption by Kofi Anin is shameful - on a par with what Duke Cunningham did. Just because you don't like Bolton, it doesn't mean his statements (at least on this topic) are not 100% on target