Wednesday, June 16, 2004

UNSCAM - UN oil for food scandal just keeps getting better

I recently posted about UN staffers feaing reprisals if they spoke out about corruption. And now from The New York Post we get this:

June 16, 2004 -- WASHINGTON — The United Nations was rocked by a new scandal yesterday when reports surfaced that the diplomat in charge of rooting out corruption in the world body is himself facing allegiations about unethical conduct.

Fox News reported yesterday that Dileep Nair, the undersecretary general in charge of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight, has been accused of demanding kickbacks and sexual favors in return for promotions inside his office. Nair, a native of Singapore, also has been accused of attempting to thwart the probe into the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, although his role in that probe remains unclear


Does anyone seriouly think they will do an honest job of investigating the oil-for-food scandal? This scandal is far bigger than Enron and yet the UN is allowed to drag its' feet and stonewall.
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