Kofi the Back Scratcher

Claudia Rosett (who deserved a Pulitzer more than the other leaker/traitors) discusses the latest Kofi scandal at the UN:

Here’s one for the new ethics office at the United Nations: Not only do we now know that Secretary-General Kofi Annan accepted a $500,000 prize from the ruler of Dubai, courtesy of a judges’ panel rife with U.N. connections, one member of which Annan then appointed to a high U.N. job. Less well known is that Annan was advised to take the prize money by another senior U.N. official, Mark Malloch Brown—according to Malloch Brown himself in an interview this past February.

Since then, Annan has promoted Malloch Brown from U.N. chief of staff to the U.N.’s number-two post of deputy secretary-general...

Can we please just disband the UN and use the savings for something that doesn't result in several scandals every year?