Claudia Rosett continues...

...to track the movements of the unctuous, slippery, mealy-mouthed Secretary-General (question: did Alger Hiss come up with that title?) of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, my nominee for "The Worst Person in the World." Here's a paragraph that goes right to the heart of the matter:

The grand failure of the U.N. is that its system, its officials and most visibly its current secretary-general are still stuck in the central-planning mindset that was the hallmark of dictators and failed utopian dreams of the previous century. Mr. Annan's plan takes little practical account of a modern world in which competition, private enterprise and individual freedom are the principles of progress. He has his own agenda, which he would like the rest of us to follow and fund. The words sound lofty: "development, security, and human rights for all." The devil is in the details, and because this is a blueprint for the future of the entire earth, that means a lot of room for big trouble. This report is not a benign document.