20% of Roger L. Simon’s blog entries during the month of April make reference to the Oil-for-Food controversy.
0% of Roger L. Simon’s blog entries during April make reference to the following UN-related issues:
Tackling the threat of transnational organized crime
Shipping supplies to millions of Iraqi schoolchildren
Building thousands of homes for tsunami victims
Partnering with the private sector to meet humanitarian needs
Reducing child mortality rates
Rehabilitating Iraq’s marshlands
Rebuilding lives in Afghanistan
Fighting the global malaria epidemic
Curbing the world’s most hazardous pollutants
Improving global disaster and emergency response
Building a sustainable future
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Is Simon’s hyper-focus on a single UN-related issue based on deep convictions? Unbending principles? Moral outrage? Maybe. Then again, there’s his explanation:
“Thanks to the Secretary General of the United Nations for providing this blog with its first 50,000+ visitor day.” – Roger L. Simon