UNDP and Libya: A Partnership Worth Looking Into

Brett Schaefer / July 16, 2009

Just to show that it is not above dealing with any shady dictatorship – and not just North Korea or current Iran – the United Nations Development Programme just completed a deal to manage a $1.5 million donation by the Libyan government “to build a school of Muammar Abu-Mnyar Al-Gaddafi in the Gaza Strip” to replace the school “destroyed during the Zionist aggression to Gaza.”

Oh, and Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gaddafi was appointed “the Libyan Goodwill ambassador in to the UN’s Development Program” because she embodies the “highest ideals and principles of the United Nations through her assistance to those who need help.” I’m sure the $1.5 million donation by her father – Muammar “Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution” Al-Gaddafi – had nothing to do with it. (more…)