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UN
Internship
Being
Auctioned For
Over $20,000
Online, Is Pay
to Play
OK?
UNITED
NATIONS, May
1, updated
7:59 pm --
They say a
sucker is born
every minute,
but this
takes the
cake. Someone
has bid over
$20,000 for an
unpaid six
week
"internship at
the UN in New
York City
working for
the UN-NGO
Committee on
Human Rights."
Click
here.
What
will the UN
say about a
position in
its "august"
hall being
auctioned off?
This UN has
put up with
many conflicts
of interest,
for example
envoy Tony
Blair being
paid $11
million by
Kazakhstan.
By
giving
the first
question only
to UN
Correspondents
Association
who
pay $70 dues,
the UN has
allowed a "pay
to question"
system. But
this?
It's
on the website
"CharityBuzz,"
to raise funds
for the "RFK
Young
Leaders." It
is a new low.
Bids close May
14. Watch this
site.
Update
of 7:59 pm:
the UN finally
came back (for
now) with
this:
Subject:
Re:
Your question
today
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not Reply
[at]
un.org
Date: Wed, May
1, 2013 at
7:53 PM
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Internships
at
the United
Nations are
not for sale
and cannot be
put up for
auction. We
are trying to
find out the
details of how
this came
about
and have
contacted
'charitybuzz.com
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