A collection of lies from Ban Ki-moon on Reforming the United Nations

The following are the statements made by our Secretary general when he started office in 2007.  He promised to reform management and operations practices as follows:

PURE LIES

Improving accountability and oversight 

“To improve accountability, it is not enough just to talk about it.  We must take a deep and detailed look at our internal systems, and examine what practical steps need to be taken to improve them.”

Setting the highest ethical standards

“I will seek to set the highest ethical standards. The good name of the United Nations is one of its most valuable assets – but also one of its most vulnerable. The Charter calls on staff to uphold the highest levels of efficiency, competence and integrity, and I will seek to ensure to build a solid reputation for living up to that standard. I assure you that I will lead by example.”

Providing and Efficient, transparent and service-oriented Secretariat

“To do the job expected of it, the UN needs a strong, robust empowered Secretariat.  My vision is an administration focused on results – efficient, directed, pragmatic and accountable.” 

Establishing a mobile, multi-skilled and motivated staff with access to internal justice

"If we are to attract, recruit and keep the high quality staff the UN needs, we must change our human resources framework and move away from rules that are anchored in the past."

Championing a more integrated UN family approach to achieve common goals

"In an ever more interdependent world, a coherent and strong United Nations is needed to meet an immense set of global challenges and a wide diversity of needs. It should respond to the diverse needs of countries and perform as one at the country level, and have the governance, management and funding practices in place to support those efforts."