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As cholera ravaged Haiti, UN peacekeepers around the world made a mess

August 25, 2016

As cholera ravaged Haiti, UN peacekeepers around the world made a mess

United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world for years poured untreated or untested sewage into public waters or agricultural lands in some of the most ravaged countries they protect, failed to dispose safely of wastewater, sewage and garbage, and only sporadically kept the environmental safety and sanitation records that missions are supposed to report regularly for themselves and for U.N. headquarters.

Amid Haiti cholera epidemic, UN peacekeepers spill sewage and ignore water treatment, says internal report

August 11, 2016

Amid Haiti cholera epidemic, UN peacekeepers spill sewage and ignore water treatment, says internal report

While the United Nations touted its efforts in Haiti aimed at ending the world’s worst modern cholera epidemic -- a calamity many experts assert the U.N. itself caused -- U.N. peacekeepers were blatantly violating their own sanitary rules for containing the disease, according to an internal U.N. report that was suppressed for months.

Fraud? What fraud? Watchdogs find UN in 'a state of near denial' about internal corruption

July 12, 2016

Fraud? What fraud? Watchdogs find UN in 'a state of near denial' about internal corruption

EXCLUSIVE: The United Nations, which spends tens of billions of its member states’ dollars annually, apparently has a simple approach to dealing with fraud in its sprawling operations – ignore it.

UN refugee agency handed over hundreds of millions to partners without monitoring, report says

June 7, 2016

UN refugee agency handed over hundreds of millions to partners without monitoring, report says

EXCLUSIVE: Over the last two years, as the global refugee crisis spiraled out of control, the United Nations’ refugee organization has handed over nearly a billion dollars to private organizations and national governments, much of it without verifying whether those partners had the expertise to buy the goods, or the means to detect fraud in the purchases, according to a report by a U.N. watchdog.

As refugees suffer, UN throws a grandiose humanitarian summit

May 23, 2016

As refugees suffer, UN throws a grandiose humanitarian summit

While tens of millions of people endure displacement, starvation and violent death from long-running wars and unexpected disasters, the United Nations is hosting an international humanitarian summit, hoping to shake up a tottering global aid system.

US lifts Vietnam arms embargo in move to counter China

May 23, 2016

US lifts Vietnam arms embargo in move to counter China

President Obama lifted the decades-long U.S. arms embargo against Vietnam on Monday in an apparent effort to shore up the communist country's defenses against an increasingly aggressive China – though he faced criticism that the move takes away U.S. leverage to press for human rights freedoms.

Obama to announce Peace Corps will be invited to operate in Vietnam

May 22, 2016

Obama to announce Peace Corps will be invited to operate in Vietnam

The Peace Corps is coming to Vietnam.

Downsize UN role in refugee crises, US relief agency suggests

May 4, 2016

Downsize UN role in refugee crises, US relief agency suggests

One of America’s largest non-profit relief organizations is warning that the practice of shoveling mountains of money at major humanitarian emergencies like Syria is being overwhelmed by the scale of disasters the world faces, and that rich countries need to try something drastically new—starting with less reliance on bureaucracy-bound United Nations relief agencies.

World Food Program badly mismanaged special donor trust funds, auditors say

May 4, 2016

World Food Program badly mismanaged special donor trust funds, auditors say

The United Nations World Food Program in 2013 and 2014 used millions of dollars of specially designated donor trust funds as an all-purpose piggy bank, often without creating safeguards to ensure the money was used properly and as its donors had intended, according to an internal report by WFP’s Office of the Inspector General.

Millions in UN Somalia aid diverted; hints that some went to terrorists

May 4, 2016

Millions in UN Somalia aid diverted; hints that some went to terrorists

Three organizations claiming to do vital relief work on behalf of the United Nations in ravaged Somalia diverted millions of dollars intended for food, water, medicine, and other relief services for thousands of the most desperately suffering people in the world, according to confidential U.N. reports obtained by Fox News. Some of the money may have gone to terrorists.