Let Them Eat Art

The joke that is the UN earns more outrage for misuse of funds:

Both the United Nations and the Spanish government are coming under fire for a work of art at the U.N.'s Switzerland offices.

The 16,000 square-foot ceiling mural adorns the ceiling of the new Human Rights Council chamber. It took Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo two years and $23 million to complete. It was unveiled Tuesday during a ceremony attended by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

While Spanish taxpayers picked up most of the tab, around $633,000 came from funds normally used to help alleviate poverty and boost health care in poor countries. Spain's Opposition Party blasted the Spanish government and Executive Director of U.N. Watch Hillel Neuersays they "took money from starving children in Africa — and spent it on colorful stalactites."

The U.N. also bumped talks aimed at easing tensions between Georgia and Russia from Tuesday to Wednesday to make way for the ceremony.

The least they could do is fly the poor people to Switzerland to see what they got instead of food and health care.