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Annan cleared by oil-for-food report |
2005-09-07 |
NEW YORK: A long-awaited report on the corruption-tainted UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq has cleared UN Secretary General Kofi Annan of ethical misconduct, but has faulted him for serious management lapses, according to a preface made available on Tuesday. "The reality is that the secretary general has come to be viewed as the chief diplomatic and political agent of the United Nations," the preface of the study by an independent panel said. "In these turbulent times, those responsibilities tend to be all consuming. The record amply reflects consequent administrative failings." |
Posted by:Fred |
#6 A long-awaited report on the corruption-tainted UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq has cleared UN Secretary General Kofi Annan of ethical misconduct,.. Looks like that little Kojo/Cotecna affair must not have counted for much, if anything.... |
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-07 23:03 |
#5 I would say "exonerated", of course. Did you think it was going to come out any other way? Silly, silly person... |
Posted by: Kofi 2005-09-07 15:32 |
#4 Did the report actually say he was exonerated? Or did it just say, in effect, "Not proven?" |
Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-07 15:28 |
#3 soon as all that stolen silverware and tableware is returned....table for one, apparently |
Posted by: Frank G 2005-09-07 09:43 |
#2 When's the "I Have Been Exonerated" banquet? |
Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-07 08:36 |
#1 No surprise there. |
Posted by: gromgoru 2005-09-07 04:05 |