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Researchers: US 'bribes' countries in order to 'sway' UN Security Council votes
RAW STORY
Published: Sunday December 17, 2006
The United States faces accusations of "bribing" countries in order to "sway" Security Council votes, after the publication of a report on foreign aid and bribery in the United Nations.
An article in Sunday's UK paper, The Observer, suggests that "in a detailed analysis of 50 years of data, Harvard University's Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker provide the clearest evidence yet that money is used by the council's richest member to grease the wheels of diplomacy."
"The US uses its aid budget to bribe those countries which have a vote in the United Nations security council, giving them 59 per cent more cash in years when they have a seat, according to research by economists," The Observer's economics correspondent Heather Stewart writes.
RAW STORY
Published: Sunday December 17, 2006
The United States faces accusations of "bribing" countries in order to "sway" Security Council votes, after the publication of a report on foreign aid and bribery in the United Nations.
An article in Sunday's UK paper, The Observer, suggests that "in a detailed analysis of 50 years of data, Harvard University's Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric Werker provide the clearest evidence yet that money is used by the council's richest member to grease the wheels of diplomacy."
"The US uses its aid budget to bribe those countries which have a vote in the United Nations security council, giving them 59 per cent more cash in years when they have a seat, according to research by economists," The Observer's economics correspondent Heather Stewart writes.
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