Saturday, November 20, 2004

Un-United Nations Update: United Nations employees have voted "no-confidence" in those who run the global agency. FoxNews has obtained a copy of the resolution.

Union officials said the final straw was the decision this week to clear a senior U.N. official on charges of favoritism and sexual harassment.

The U.N. pardoned the official, Dileep Nair, was announced even though employees accused Nair of harassing staff and practicing favoritism in his hiring and promotion methods.

It was the second time in two weeks that U.N. management has refused to take action against a senior official accused of harassment.

The vote was also in response to management's failure to accept the “honorable action” of the deputy secretary-general who tried to resign as a result of the bombing of the 2003 United Nations building in Baghdad that killed 22 staff members.

Additionally, U.N. workers are unhappy with leaders for failing to hold accountable the chef de cabinet, whose son was hired to work there in violation of staff rules.

Another concern is the ongoing internal investigation into the Oil-for-Food scandal. At issue is whether a senior U.N. official accepted bribes in exchange for diverting the Oil-for-Food program funds meant as aid for impoverished Iraqis directly to former Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein.
More information the Oil-for-Food investigation.

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