U.N. finds a fan – Cuba - Communist government defends Annan
WND ^ | December 9, 2004
 

Sex scandals, financial irregularities, the oil-for food probe, leadership questions.

The United Nations has seen happier times.

But there is at least one nation in the world that has nothing bad to say about the U.N. and Kofi Annan's reign as secretary-general of the beleaguered global political entity – the police state of Cuba.

In Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement released yesterday, Cuba condemned a campaign unleashed by some in the U.S. against the U.N. and Annan.

"This hysterical campaign against the United Nations has reached the point where voices in the U.S. Congress are demanding the resignation of the secretary general, suspiciously echoed by certain mainstream media," the text reads.

It goes on to specify: "The most conservative elements in the U.S. Congress are attempting to hold the U.N. secretary-general responsible for mismanagement of the so-called food-for-oil program."

Fidel Castro's government attributes the criticisms of the U.N. to the fact that Annan recently characterized the war in Iraq as "illegal."

The Cuban statement said "an attack on Annan at this point is, in truth, an attack on the U.N. and multilateralism in general."

"The U.S. government does not have the moral or any other authority to judge the U.N. secretary-general," it continued.

The statement said the United States has "undermined the very existence of the U.N. with its unilateral policy, its total disregard of international law and moreover, its constant financial pressure on this institution," from a position of principal contributor.

Annan, the U.N. and its charter, drafted originally by Soviet agent and Communist Party member Alger Hiss, continue to get the solid backing of Castro's Cuba, the statement makes clear.

One of the groups in the U.S. taking a leadership role against the U.N. is Move America Forward, which is raising money for a national television advertising campaign to "get the U.N. out of the U.S."