U.S. Stands Alone in U.N. Budget Demand

U.S. Stands Alone in U.N. Budget Demand
U.S. Stands Alone in U.N. Budget Demand, at Odds With Europe and Developing World
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS Dec 2, 2005 — The United States stood alone Friday in calling for an interim U.N. budget, at odds with Europe and the entire developing world, and Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched urgent talks to try to bridge the divide.

The fight over the U.N. budget, which runs out on Dec. 31, has become entwined with battle over implementing the broad reforms that world leaders agreed to at a U.N. summit in September.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton wants reform to drive the budget process "not the other way around" and has called for the United Nations to approve a budget for three or four months rather than the usual two-year budget so the 191 U.N. member states would have time to consider management reforms expected early in the year.

"Our priority is we do not want to miss the opportunity for reform. We do not want to adopt a two-year budget that makes it, as a practical matter, impossible to implement reforms for another two years," Bolton said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1368328

correct in every utterance that escapes his smirking mouth. Wonder who is right?

:puke:

opportunity. I join the rest of the world in telling Bolton to kiss my ass!