For the past couple of days, I've been trying to
compose a good response, but the thread seems to be
out-pacing me! So, briefly I thought I'd tell you that
I did a little research today and found that the US
and other "major" powers hand-pick the heads of UN
organizations as part of their membership. For
example, the US nominates the head of the world bank,
Europe nominates the head of the fund. UNICEF is
another of those organizations for which our president
has this privledge. Hope this helps.
--- Janice Reynolds <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have emailed the director of INFACT Canada,
> Elisabeth Sterken, twice in
> the past 2 days, asking for more background
> information on this. I also
> looked at the IBFAN and WABA sites, and while they
> noted the appointment of
> Veneman, nothing yesterday mentioned this funding
> cut.
>
> I think we also need to know who to cc these letters
> to. I suspect that, at
> this point, and considering the powers of those
> involved, writing letters to
> Veneman alone, may be naive and impotent. We need
> to also contact her boss,
> her political opponents, any watchdog agency that
> monitors UNICEF, etc -
> basically there must be SOMEONE who is a
> counterbalance to this power.
>
> This level of politics is far beyond my experience.
>
> I will forward anything I find out. I know that
> INFACT was quite busy with
> a BFI training course this past week and weekend (I
> reached Elisabeth then
> on another matter), so perhaps they are still either
> bogged down, or away
> from the office.
>
> Janice Reynolds
>
>
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