From TASS [Russian state agency]:
Polish officials say that are not abandoning the idea of deploying NATO peacekeepers to Ukraine, Russian Ambassador in Warsaw Sergey Andreev said on the Soloviov Live project on Saturday.
“As for the idea of a peacekeeping operation, everything seems clear: Americans said that they would not deploy their troops, the NATO secretary general said that NATO was not considering such an operation. However, [Polish] officials say that they are not giving up on the idea, they will think, see and so on,” he said.
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Word Government Alert: UN Spends Haiti Money On Expanding Its Personnel
Next time there’s a natural disaster and you think the government should “do its share,” “help out” or be compassionate, remember this:
“The United Nations has quietly upped this year’s peacekeeping budget for earthquake-shattered Haiti to $732.4 million, with two-thirds of that amount going for the salary, perks and upkeep of its own personnel, not residents of the devastated island.
The world organization plans to spend the money
on an expanded force of some 12,675 soldiers and police, plus some 479 international staffers, 669 international contract personnel, and 1,300 local workers, just for the 12 months ending June 30, 2010.
Some $495.8 million goes for salaries, benefits, hazard pay, mandatory R&R allowances and upkeep for the peacekeepers and their international staff support. Only about $33.9 million, or 4.6 percent, of that salary total is going to what the U.N. calls “national staff” attached to the peacekeeping effort.”
