Has U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad abandoned serious efforts to bring greater transparency and accountability to that troublesome body?(The Week)(United Nations)(Brief article)

Has U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Zalmay Khalilzad abandoned serious efforts to bring greater transparency and accountability to that troublesome body? And, if so, does that represent a change in the Bush administration's policy? The early signs are not encouraging. Last January, U.S. representative for U.N. management and reform Mark Wallace uncovered a significant lack of accountability in the U.N. Development Program's activities in North Korea. Numerous loopholes in the program left millions of U.N. development dollars vulnerable to Kim Jong Il's pilferage. When Khalilzad assumed the ambassadorship this ...