UN President Kofi Annan believes the world can live in harmony through i-Pod equality

UN President Kofi Annan today announced that a new international i-Pod incentive scheme is to be rolled out in the next few months with the intention of bringing the world into a state of harmony and love.

The scheme will offer world leaders the chance to earn free i-pods and an unlimited number of i-Tunes downloads in exchange for conforming to UN regulations.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is said to be quite excited about receiving his very own 40Gb i-Pod and has stated that he will cease all nuclear development programmes immediately.

"I am very looking forward to be hearing the new McFly album especially. I cancelled all of afternoon punishment beatings to get the whole album but it only earned me one song. I definitley cancel all torture until i have all of album", explained President Ahmadinejad.

World leaders can earn i-Tune credits as long as they continue to adhere to conditions stipulated by the UN, depending on the particular country.

Credits can be earned through many different areas such as controlled weapons programmes, improved torture records, human rights development and diminished military activty.

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The incentive scheme has been heralded as a break-through in world affairs and supporters are confident that the powerful allure of the i-Pod can bring even the most hardline of fringe nations drooling to the international table.

However, some have criticised the scheme for pandering to those countries that have stamped their feet until they get a better pay off than others that have towed the UN line without criticism.

"It's giving the wrong message about the value of democracy. It tells these troublesome world leaders that they don't have to do anything unless they are getting a sweetener", said Shadow Foreign Secretary Dr Liam Fox.

Some feel that Dr Fox's comments have been made in reaction to his dismay at the far poorer House of Parliaments punctuality incentive scheme which handed out Yamada 128 Mb MP3 players earlier this year.

Though the majority of 'rouge' nations are expected to join the incentive program, many fear that it will be difficult to include China in the deal since 99.8% of all i-Pods are made there.

Further to this some feel that China could potentially embargo the export of i-Pods and in effect hold the worlds power within their shores.