And this is how the UN manages to squander billions of dollars. With so much money involved and such shady accounting its no wonder that it is riddled with waste and outright corruption.
A regular operating budget of 5.53 BILLION dollars with another 7 BILLION in peacekeeping operations http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/world/un-budget-trims-staff-and-spending.html?_r=0
And apparently even that doesn't tell the story. Many billions in other programs that aren't counted in that either.
And this is how the UN manages to squander billions of dollars. With so much money involved and such shady accounting its no wonder that it is riddled with waste and outright corruption.
ReplyDeleteA regular operating budget of 5.53 BILLION dollars with another 7 BILLION in peacekeeping operations
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/28/world/un-budget-trims-staff-and-spending.html?_r=0
And apparently even that doesn't tell the story. Many billions in other programs that aren't counted in that either.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2009/09/17/budget-believe-billion/
http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/091709_extrabudgetary.pdf