Kofi Annan

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the sixth Secretary General of the United Nations¹. His tenure started in 1992, but already in 1996, the United States under Clinton/Gore (yes, them again) decided they wanted him out, allegedly because of fears of economic mismanagement, and general levels of bureaucracy.

A claim, somewhat at odds with reality.

His replacement came in the form of Kofi Annan, primarily credited for reforming the United Nations bureaucracy, and launching the UN Global Compact². Well, that, along with the par-for-the-course corruption, this instance being an Oil-for-Food program, launched by - you guessed it - the Clinton/Gore admininstration³.

And as a side note - do realise that none other but Mark Malloch-Brown - the current president of Soros’s Open Society Foundation⁴ - is listed as his deputy.

However, take a closer look, and it becomes quite clear that things are not quite what they appear. Reviewing the budgets⁵, though - sure - they do increase in nominal terms during Boutros-Boutros Ghali, this pales in comparison to that observed under his successor, Kofi Annan - especially when considering real (post-inflation) terms; Annan trails by miles as is clearly observable in the below graph. Consequently, American objections appear suspicious - regardless of stated reasons.