U.N. Affairs
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Introduction. 1 Annan's opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, his ICC project and UNFPA's position on abortion drew the Bush administration's ire. 2 The Oil-for-Food scandal. 3 The sexual misconducts. 4 U.N. employees' relations and the disciplinary actions that divided Annan's insiders. 5 President George W. Bush's nomination of a controversial U.N. ambassador: John Bolton. 6 U.N. interventions's shortcomings damage the few successes. 7 Annan's U.N. reform project. 8 Picking the new U.N. Secretary General.
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The United Nations has seen more scrutiny and faced more pressure for reform under Secretary-General Kofi Annan than under any of his predecessors. Its agenda for transformation, according to Mark Malloch Brown, his Chief of Staff, is planned to take it from a conference-organizing, report-writing Organization, to one equipped to undertake large, complex, global missions- from peacekeeping and peacebuilding in post-conflict societies to humanitarian relief, recovery and rehabilitation following disasters. Former U.N. employee Eric C. Waha underlines the constraints that make it a daunting task, considering staff-management relations deadlocked in distrust in the senior management, entrenched employment rights blocking staff turnover, weak staff oversight and accountability, unethical conduct, lack of transparency, including financial disclosures by senior officials, recruitment and promotions disregarding merit; in the context of a U.N. Secretary-General mired in a web of Governmental committees and outdated rules impending his freedom to manage. The book finally exposes the troubling revelations on the Iraq oil-for food program and related findings of the Paul Volcker panel, as well as reports of sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping operations, and concludes that they did not show the U.N. recently in a favorable light, and more than ever, the legitimacy of its leadership in conducting even reformed U.N. business, without further damaging the credibility of the world body, appeared increasingly questionable. Eric C. Waha draws on the brilliant contributions and arguments of U.N. correspondents and international relations specialists, as well as the insights of policy makers and other individuals in the United States that have led the pressure to effectively reform the United Nations. *************************************************** Eric C. Waha is also the author of "Life at the U.N. below S.G. Annan's floor" (2004) and "Invest Africa 2007". This book is available at the following (online) libraries: Trafford Publishing, Amazon, Global Investor Bookshop, Politicos, Boomerang Books Australia, The Online Book Shop of John Smith, Bokkluben, Abebooks (Presidents and Heads of State), Revish, Boekrecensie, flipkart, Bookhuddle, EBay and numerous others, etc... This book has been featured in the European Journal of International Law (United Nations books) and in the Conflict Resolution Information Source of the Conflict Resolution Consortium of the University of Colorado, among others, etc...
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Eric C. Waha: 1. Economic Investment Analyst (Emerging Markets - Africa) / Analyste de l' Investissement Economique (Marchés Emergents - Afrique) since January 2007. (Examination and assessment of economic and market trends, earnings prospects, earnings ratios, and various other indicators and factors to determine suitable investment strategies). Examen et évaluation des tendances économiques et de marché, des perspectives de gains, des taux de rendement, et divers autres indicateurs et de facteurs pour déterminer les stratégies d'investissement appropriées). 2. M&A and JV Deal Provider for private equity fund (Apporteur d' affaires -Fusions & Acquisitions et Entreprises Jointes- pour le fonds d'équité privée) : The FMS Group Pte Ltd (Singapore) / Stepping Stone Equity Pty Ltd (Brisbane, Australia) since July 2010 ( "The World of capital, its power to build businesses and affect lives") 3. Author of "Le Flambeur" (Roman); "La Politique Africaine de la France" (Essai); "La Vie Politique Francaise des Annees 90" (Essai); "Life at the U.N. below S.G. Annan's floor" (Comedy) 2004; "U.N. Affairs" (Non Fiction) 2005; "Invest Africa 2007: 120 Promising Opportunities, 55 Countries and Territories" (Non Fiction) Dec 2006; "Pressions Destabilisatrices Majeures Sur Les Etats" (Non Fiction, coming soon); "Les Camerounais et leur Argent" (Non Fiction, Coming soon)***Financial Writer, Planner, Investment Advisor, International Relations Analyst. He also has a real estate industry experience in the U.S. Among his independent advisory company current projects, a "Cameroonians and their Money" type of guide (Les Camerounais et leur Argent), and the newspaper: "Cameroun Finance Journal -CFJ". ********************************************* He graduated in Diplomacy from the University of Paris-Sceaux, France, in 1993, and earned degrees in political science from the Institute for higher political and social studies of Paris, France, in 1992; and in international studies from the Institute for higher international studies of Paris, France in 1991...