Scandalous socialist


Shadowy figure behind many scams at the UN?

I had only heard the occasional bit about this man.

But any understanding of the real efforts that job entails should begin with a look at the long and murky career of Maurice Strong, the man who may have had the most to do with what the U.N. has become today, and still sparks controversy even after he claims to have cut his ties to the world organization.

From Oil for Food to the latest scandals involving U.N. funding in North Korea, Maurice Strong appears as a shadowy and often critically important figure.

Strong, now 77, is best known as the godfather of the environmental movement, who served from 1973-1975 as the founding director of the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP) in Nairobi. UNEP is now a globe-girdling organization with a yearly budget of $136 million, which claims to act as the world’s environmental conscience. Strong consolidated his eco-credentials as the organizer of the U.N.’s 1992 environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro, which in turn paved the way for the controversial 1997 Kyoto Treaty on controlling greenhouse gas emissions.

Some preliminary checking shows that Maurice Strong was in the right places at the wrong times. He just made my Watch List.

Incidentally, he is a bigger socialist than the article states. Which wouldn't be so bad, except it is every one else's money that he wants to redistribute.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Sat - February 17, 2007 at 02:56 PM  Tag


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