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Annan Wants to Consider UN Outsourcing
From AP via Yahoo! News, this trial balloon comes from the same people who let Sudan serve on the UN Human Rights Commission. What illustrious and well-functioning nations will get various other operations?
"We are particularly interested in exploring the benefits of possibly relocating certain administrative functions to lower-cost countries, but we will need to undertake a detailed cost/benefit analysis in each case," the document said, without giving specifics.
Yeah, scattering operations around the globe and paying people less should really help with the corruption issue.
The United States has been pushing for a major management overhaul that would give the secretary-general more power and flexibility. But the 191-member General Assembly, dominated by developing countries, controls the U.N.'s purse strings and is not expected to give up any power easily.
This promises to be a comedy of errors, starring the Non-Aligned Movement.
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