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Blair versus the OECD

Danny | 24.04.2007 10:37 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press

Not content with spying on CAAT (Campaign Against Arms Trade), it seems NuLabour are launching a campaign of harrassment and smears aimed the OECD ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ).

British diplomats have been trying to remove the head of the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery and have been smearing the head of the OECD in right-wing newspapers such as the Economist. This had led to a detailed but diplomatic rebuttal from the head of the OECD and a statement in his support by the OECD staff association.
The sheer audacity, crass illegallity and breathtaking incompetence of this smear campaign shows Blair learned nothing from his previous 'smears and spys' campaign onthe UN secretariat before Iraq. It also shows the entire British government is nothing but a bunch of thieves who whore out the country for personal gain. NuLabour, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAe, have made a mockery of the British legal system and international law and left Britain a laughing stock in the eyes of the world. Only this time, they aren't just bullying a bunch of actvists, they have just annoyed a very powerful set of countries.

BAE admits paying agents to investigate CAAT
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368346.html

Developments following the dropping of the SFO investigation
 http://www.caat.org.uk/issues/sfo/sfo-latest.php

UK tries to sabotage BAE bribes inquiry
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/armstrade/story/0,,2064191,00.html
Britain's ambassador to the OECD, David Lyscom, admitted yesterday that he had talked off the record to the Economist but added: "The UK had absolutely nothing to do with planting the story."

An angel flies into some flak
 http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9045394&top_story=1

Statement by the Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, in reply to an article in The Economist of 20 April 2007
 http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38438438_1_1_1_1,00.html
We are indeed in dangerous waters. Not only multilateral organisations but businesses and national governments all have a role to play in fighting corruption wherever it rears its head. The OECD’s prime role in this respect is to assist the 36 countries that are parties to the OECD anti-Bribery Convention in ensuring that each one of them fulfils their commitments. In recent months, a number of significant cases have been exposed to the public gaze and discussed by the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery. It is no surprise that this attack occurs at this time.

OECD Staff Association expresses its support for Secretary-General Gurría
 http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,2340,en_2649_201185_38456853_1_1_1_1,00.html
We all consider that calling into question the integrity and credibilty of the OECD is tantamount to bringing all staff members into disrepute. The Staff Association considers that the strength of the OECD resides in the diversity, the competence, the honesty and the integrity of its staff, which make it possible to guarantee reliable and impartial work.

Danny

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