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| Iqbal Riza ordered shredding of United Nations records |
| 2005-04-12 |
| Iqbal Riza, former head of the UN Secretary General's office, has been criticised for having "acted imprudently" and "in contravention" of his own directives when he ordered the destruction of important record that had a bearing on the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil for Food Programme for Iraq has concluded. In its second interim report, the committee headed by Paul A. Volcker said that Riza, a member of the Pakistan foreign service who resigned in protest against the actions of the Bhutto government during the 1977 PNA agitation, had granted his assistant's request to "shred three years of his chronological files from 1997 to 1999." The committee said, "The shredding of the documents continued until December 2004, well after the Secretary General's preservation instruction of June 1, 2004, though Mr Riza denies knowing this continued destruction. In light of the Secretary General's initiation of a formal investigation into the Programme, Mr Riza should have been aware, at the time he authorised the destruction, of his files' potential materiality to an inquiry into the Programme." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 It was a bureaucratic snafu... |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2005-04-12 1:46:57 PM |
| #7 ..has been criticised for having âacted imprudentlyâ and âin contraventionâ of his own directives when he ordered the destruction of important record that had a bearing on the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal,.. Why not just say that there was a coverup? Saves the usage of all those words, yet still retains clarity... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-12 11:07:33 AM |
| #6 Watch the Marburg outbreak closely. Not only does it appear to have started through a UN WHO child vaccination program, but UN WHO's inability to take decisive action will take us beyond the window of opportunity to contain it. Yet again the corpses pile up due to UN ineptitude. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-04-12 9:02:23 AM |
| #5 No chocolate eclaire for you! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2005-04-12 8:48:30 AM |
| #4 Not invited to lunch? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-12 8:38:38 AM |
| #3 Stern warning? Severe reprimand? Double secret probation? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-04-12 8:29:56 AM |
| #2 Unfortunately, .com, I don't believe the twits will catch on. Their niavete and their belief that the UN is the only place for foreign relations is just too strong. People believe in institutions because of "facts and faith" and it's damn near impossible to shake some people's "faith". Their faith that the UN is ultimately what will cure all the problems in the world is just too strong. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2005-04-12 7:32:54 AM |
| #1 The lameness factor of these cowards is off the scale. Why the little games? There's nothing to mitigate, anymore. It's so clear and plain it boggles. Corruption. In the next Websters, it'll say See UN. When it finally sinks in and all non-idiotarian Americans "get it", the UN won't know what hit it. DEAD. Just waiting for the twits to catch on. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-04-12 6:04:15 AM |