U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, far right, attends the unveiling of a $23 million mural at the European headquarters of the U.N.
Way to go. ..good allocation of Foreign Aid ….gawd…
In a ceremony attended by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo told the press that his 16,000-square-foot ceiling artwork reminded him of “an image of the world dripping toward the sky” — but it reminded critics of money slipping out of relief coffers.
“In Spain there’s a controversy because they took money out of the foreign aid budget — took money from starving children in Africa — and spent it on colorful stalactites,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch.
admin @ December 3, 2008
