Bolten to leave UN
Anne Bayefsky lists his accomplishments in his short term:
...Which of those items did his critics oppose?adoption of a first legally binding Security Council resolution sanctioning North Korea for its nuclear-weapons program;
passage of a first ever Security Council resolution addressing the Iranian nuclear program;
consensus-building among democratic states that resulted in 50 donor countries, responsible for 88 percent of the U.N. regular budget, taking a common position on management reform.
Furthermore, he:had the foresight to refuse to lend credibility to the U.N. Human Rights Council, which as he predicted, has become a mockery of reform undeserving of American support;
raised the profile of the genocide in Darfur and insisted on Security Council action;
led the campaign against corruption at the U.N. secretariat, including the reduction of the gift ceiling for United Nations officials from $10,000 to $200;
defended a free and democratic government of Israel from the relentless onslaught of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic attacks launched across the U.N. system.
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adoption of a first legally binding Security Council resolution sanctioning North Korea for its nuclear-weapons program;
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