The UN's Peacekeeping Air Charter Business Does Not Favor The U.S.

UN's Messy, Billion-Dollar Peacekeeping Air Charter Business Hugely Unfavorable To US -- FOX News

Four years after United Nations auditors declared that the U.N.’s billion-dollar program for moving people and equipment on peacekeeping charter flights was a mess, the world organization still spends too much to rent airplanes and helicopters, still favors a few suppliers of equipment over those who might want to bid for the work, and still doesn’t have the tools to keep track of its sprawling and overpriced system.

Moreover, an examination by Fox News of U.N. procurement records shows that the results of the deeply flawed air charter system are hugely unfavorable to the United States, which pays by far the largest chunk of the U.N.’s peacekeeping budget.

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My Comment: I had the opportunity to work for the UN (ICAO branch in Montreal) for four years .... and even though my contract was a long time ago (1989 -1993) I saw first hand how inept and bureaucratic the procurement system was. I can only imagine what it is today.