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December 23, 2005
Not Cowed by Kofi
Kofi Annan's attempt to embarrass journalist James Bone at a press conference the other day was surprising, to say the least, since Annan's public demeanor is usually quite cool:
Bone had just said that some of the UN leader's account of events in the oil-for-food scandal "don't really make sense" when Mr Annan interrupted him to say: "I think you're being very cheeky. Listen, James Bone, you have been behaving like an overgrown schoolboy in this room for many, many months and years.
"You are an embarrassment to your colleagues and to your profession. Please stop misbehaving, and please let's move on to a more serious subject."
Normally I would think such a set-down was funny, as the press often deserves it. However, coming from Kofi Annan, whose son was involved in one of the greatest global frauds ever, it was a poor attempt to shut Bone up. Annan's own role has never been satisfactorily examined either. However, like most journalists, Bone won't shut up. From his article today on the TimesOnline:
For months journalists were told that the UN could not answer any questions because the scandal was under investigation by the Volcker inquiry. Since the Volcker panel issued its last report in October, the UN has refused to answer any questions because it says the matter has already been investigated. Yet the inquiry raised more questions than it answered, the most important being: what did Kofi Annan know and when did he know it?
Guess he's not ready to be cowed by Kofi. Read it!
Posted by Pam at December 23, 2005 09:37 AM
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Kofi Annan looks like Samuel Jackson.
Posted by: Paul at September 5, 2006 07:53 AM