On June 4, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) demanded that the United States stop funding the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) “until its director steps down.” In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Coburn criticized FAO Director General Jacques Diouf for inviting Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad to address FAO’s World Food Summit in Rome this week.
