By Matthew Russell Lee
UNITED NATIONS, May 1 -- They say a sucker is born every minute, but this takes the cake. Someone has bid over $20,000 for an unpaid six week "internship at the UN in New York City working for the UN-NGO Committee on Human Rights." Click here.
What will the UN say about a position in its "august" hall being auctioned off? This UN has put up with many conflicts of interest, for example envoy Tony Blair being paid $11 million by Kazakhstan.
By giving the first question only to UN Correspondents Association who pay $70 dues, the UN has allowed a "pay to question" system. But this?
It's on the website "CharityBuzz," to raise funds for the "RFK Young Leaders." It is a new low. Bids close May 14. Even if it is an accredited NGO selling access to the UN to the highest bidder, the UN must answer. Inner City Press asked Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky about it at the May 1 noon briefing.
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