Wayne Madsen Report (WMR)
October 16, 2006
WMR was the first to report on UN Secretary
General-designate Ban Ki-moon's possible connections to the Unification Church
of Sun Myung Moon (
http://www.perkel.com/politics/moonies), an
enigmatic South Korean power broker and billionaire whose funding originally
came from the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA).
Based on Ban's Friday press conference, his answers about his views of
religion appear quite "Moonie-like". For example, Ban would not even answer a
pointed question from the Financial Times whether or not he believed in God.
Ban, who states in his biography that he is a member of a "non-denominational
Korean Christian" sect, had an answer one might expect from a Moonie:
Question: "Do you believe in God? And to what degree does God or that
religious belief inform your decisions?"
Answer: "Now, as Secretary-General, it will not be appropriate at this
time to talk about my own belief in any particular religion or God. So maybe we
will have some other time to talk about personal matters. Thank you".
Ban was asked another question about his views of religion and
politics. Again, his answer was vague:
Question: "Many people who believe that the Enlightenment in Europe
brought about reason against superstition are worried about the rise again of
religion, especially extremist religion and its involvement in politics. I
wonder if you could give us your views about politics and religion in the age we
live in".
Answer: "Now, we have all differences of religions and ideologies. It
is, I think, very much desirable, therefore, to engage in dialogue. We need to
have a deeper understanding and appreciation for culture and history and
ideology of the other, different cultures and the other side. That is why the
United Nations has been holding many conferences and special meetings among the
different cultures and interfaith dialogue. And, as the Secretary-General, I'll
try always to encourage that kind of dialogue among different cultures".
The fact that the UN Secretary General feels it is the place of the UN
to hold conferences of interfaith dialogue at the same time he refuses to say
whether he believes in God is a worrisome sign. Interfaith dialogue has usually
been the purview of the Organization of Islamic Conference, the Holy See, the
World Council of Churches, and other international religious
organizations.
Unification Church adherents believe Sun Myung Moon is their "god" and
Sun Myung Moon has been working over the years to infiltrate the UN and he has
already been successful in receiving UN non-governmental organization (NGO)
recognition and consultative status for his front organizations: the
Women's Federation for World Peace (Economic and Social Council - ECOSOC
-recognition), the Family Federation for World Peace, and World Association of
Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).
In 2001, Moon held a mass wedding in a UN conference room and he is on
record as stating, "our movement and the UN are completely connected".
Sun Myung Moon has close connections to the right-wing of the
Republican Party, Jerry Falwell, and the Bush family. He has also infiltrated a
number of UN missions, including those of Indonesia, Gambia, Bangladesh,
Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Comoros, Iran, Mozambique, Tajikistan, the Arab League,
and the Organization of Islamic Conference.
Although Sun Myung Moon has established many footholds inside the UN, the
election of Ban Ki-moon as Secretary General may be his greatest prize.