Noob of the Month: Ban Ki-Moon

"General" Ban Ki-Moon of the United Nations made an offhand remark the other day calling the United States a "deadbeat donor" to the organization, and criticized the United States for making late payments on membership dues.[1] Well, hearing these ridiculous remarks, I went and did some research. Surprise surprise, as it turns out, the U.S. is the number one contributor to the U.N. budget,contributing 22% of the U.N.'s budget (followed closely by Japan, with 16.62%) [2] Naturally, my curiosity led me to inquire as to how much Ban Ki-Moon's own nation, South Korea, only contributes 1.8% of the organization's $5 billion budget. People in glass houses, Ban...But really, I find this man's remarks a sad reminder of how pathetic and ineffective the United Nations really is.