More on UN corruption

Wretchard at Belmont Club has a long post on UN corruption, ranging from sexual predations to the Oil-for-Food scandal. Well worth reading. Toward the end of his post he quotes Edward Mortimer, Kofi Annan's Director for Communications, in the Washington Post who, in an attempt to defend the UN's own internal investigations says:

Also, Mr. Annan has said that any U.N. official found guilty of wrongdoing will not be allowed to claim immunity from prosecution.

Very interesting weasel words here. IF they are found guilty they will not be able to claim immunity from prosecution. I assume that that means as long as they are not found guilty they can claim immunity from prosecution. One wonders of course how someone who can claim immunity from prosecution can in fact ever be found guilty. I have said before that the IDEA of the U.N. is something I support. The actuality in fact leaves much to be desired. I don't know if any reform, however drastic, would be able to change the culture at the U.N. and make it an accountable body.