American Thinker: The head of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Erik Solheim, has resigned amid some startling revelations about the frequency and expense of his travel.
Solheim really gets around.
The Guardian understands Solheim was asked to resign by the UN secretary general, António Guterres. Sources at the UN Environment Programme (Unep) said that countries unhappy with Solheim’s conduct were holding back tens of millions of dollars, threatening a financial crisis at the body.
A draft internal UN audit leaked to the Guardian in September found Solheim had spent almost $500,000 (£390,000) on air travel and hotels in just 22 months, and was away 80% of the time. The audit said this was a “reputation risk” for an organisation dedicated to fighting climate change.
Gee…ya think? When even the UN recognizes the crummy optics of having someone in charge of climate change policy dumping CO2 into the atmosphere from jet exhaust, you know it’s serious.
A UN staff union leader called some of the revelations “mind-blowing” and a prominent climate scientist accused Solheim of “obscene CO2 hypocrisy”.
Yeah – what he said. MORE
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Don’t worry. He was just supervising the chemtrail grids.
The entire U.N. is bogus and they’re getting all riled up over the most tip of the iceberg there??
I worked for a UN agency for 16 years, and I can tell you, it is the gravy train. I traveled the world in first and business class and stayed in 4 & 5 star hotels with incredible per-dimes 6 months out of the year. We partied like Kennedys. It’s not about development, it’s all about carriers and postings to the US or Geneva prior to retirement for a better life and bigger pension. Even the Euro-Commies want to stay in the States to save on their taxes and suck on our teet, having paid no income taxes to the US during their working tenure. Oh, yeah; and complain about how awful America is.
Nobody believes the catechism, we just repeat it the latest catch-phrases and buzz words with fervor to win favour and move up in a very self-serving system.