The UN today reaffirmed it's satisfaction with the IOC's stance on various world issues. I am not so sure this is an alliance we should be praising.
The UN is about one of the most corrupt organisations in the world. It has a legacy of payoffs, bribes, and gosh knows what else going back years. Just when we thought the IOC was getting cleaned up, comes this hookup.
If you have been to New York, and walked by UN HQ, you know the building is in a mess. There was a report on one of those news magazine shows about the conditions inside. OSHA would have a field day if they could start writing violations, but many of the people who work there have diplomatic immunity, and as such are untouchable.
In the future, I would like to see the IOC be more careful with it's alliances, and in that way, it will lessen the chance for another IOC-related scandal to show it's head, just as the IOC was on track to getting itself cleaned up of the scandals that has dogged them in recent years.
