Ban Ki-moon

Ban Ki-moon was sworn in today as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.

South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in Thursday as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations and will take the reins of the world body on Jan. 1. General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa administered the oath of office to the former South Korean foreign minister, who swore to conduct himself solely in the interests of the United Nations and to refuse to accept instructions from any government or other authority. Before the ceremony, diplomats from all regions of the world paid tribute to Kofi Annan, who steps down as secretary-general on Dec. 31 after 10 years.

Kofi Krazy

Kofi is a well known critic of the war in Iraq and he will take any opportunity he can to criticize the Bush Administration. The following is just my opinion but Kofi's anger probably stems from the fact that Bush has proved how useless the U.N. is. During the twelve years U.N. weapons inspectors were in Iraq the Security Council shot Saddam with 16 sanctions, all of which, did nothing. Also there were informants working within the groups that would tip Saddam off to which loacations inspectors would be searching next. Bush took matters into his own hands and showing that initiative sometimes has to be taken on by other nations rather than an ineffective bureaucracy. Also I want you to remember that the United Nations has no legal bearing on the United States political system. There are no provisions in the Constitution that give power to an international body to influence American politcal decisions. Just look to Washington's farewell address.

Kofi Krazy