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THE PLANK MARCH 2, 2009

Un-discovered Treasures

BY CLAY RISEN

I don't mean to pile onto the United Nations, but this hardly helps it make the case for managing the world's problems:

Staff are scouring corridors to try to locate valuable art works that have gone missing as the United Nations prepares to vacate its New York headquarters for a four-year, $2bn renovation.The lost items include a sculpture by Jos

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Thanks for this news, Clay, pathetic though it is. That these artifacts were apparently not even catalogued is a travesty. Coming from the UN, it does not surprise me, though. There are relatively well-run slabs of the UN but this organization has been rife with problems, as even a cursory reading of the newspapers across the years would tell you. I propose a special arm of Transparency International devoted solely to vetting the United Nations.

- liberal reformer

March 2, 2009 at 10:59am

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So that sculpture I saw at the 57th street pawnshop was real and not a knock off, who da thunk it?

- blackton

March 2, 2009 at 11:03am

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No, blackton. I have the original, which was stolen during the Oil for Fraud debate. The one in the pawnshop is the copy I left in its place.

- Robert Powell

March 2, 2009 at 1:24pm

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