My letter to Barbara Boxer

[jmatthan]

Dear Barbara,

It is truly amazing what Condoleeza Rice has said today about the UN.

"Rice: UN Needs Overhaul to 'Survive as Vital Force'"

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-un-reform-usa.html?

Her "agent for MURDER" appears to be John Bolton!

Does Condoleeza Rice really believe that the world is going to revolve around her wishes?

You were truly great in handling that awful bully and coward, John Bolton, in the hearings last week which was watched by many thousands of us across the world.

I do hope that you will get the figures of how much the UN operations in New York pumps into the US economy, in terms of jobs for US people, contracts for US companies, as well as the spending power (housing, food, transport, energy bills, etc.) of diplomats from over 190 countries. Plus there is the bonus of tourism inputs to the US economy.

When Kofi Annan answered me on this question on the BBC programme called "Talking Pints" over a decade ago, the figures were that the US GOT MORE than it PUT IN!!

May I quote William Luers

"The United Nation has brought enormous prestige to this already prestigious city," said William Luers, of the United Nations Association of the United States, a private group. The UN contributes some $2.5 billion a year in economic activity to the city, he points out, and is responsible for about 18,000 jobs."

Ref: http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20050111/200/1241

The bulk of these 18,000 jobs have gone to US nationals.

Consider that the US gross contribution is just US $3 billion - the net of just half a billion dollars. And even here, by not paying on time, it hampers and disrupts the legitimate work of the UN, adding significantly to the operational cost.

Any additional contributions by US are usually at questionable "low interest" loans, with that low interest being is as high as 5.5%!! Even I, as a private citizen, can borrow money at rates lower than that.

I am sure countries as India or China would be very happy to host the UN. With the cultural behaviour of friendliness to visitors of all creeds, colour, origins, in these countries, it would be a far better solution than having the UN located in the hostile country such as the US, constantly being pressured by the "mafia of death".

With the significantly lower cost of living in these countries and with the availability of an abundant supply of highly educated "secular" professionals, operations costs of the UN would also be significantly lower.

And would it not reduce the "terror risk" in the US?

I think we should agree to Condoleeza Rice's reform by moving the UN OUT OF THE US - the best possible solution for people in this world who believe in peace and justice - and the world could keep criminals like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Bolton, Negroponte, Alberto Gonzales, from entering the hallowed and sacred walls of the UN.

I write this in memory of great minds as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, who would have been in favour of moving the UN to more conducive and friendly surroundings than the evil empire of the US.

Yours faithfully

--
Jacob Matthan
http://jmpolitics.blogspot.com
Oulu, Finland

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