UN AUDIT OFFICE
December 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLWITH United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan facing unprecedented pressure for his resignation over the involvement of his son in the brewing Iraq oil for food scandal, the spotlight has again fallen on the finances of his global body.To say that the UN has reputation for hard-headed accounts management and all round probity would be stretching the truth. It is a labyrinthine organisation with administrative tentacles crawling into some of the world's darkest corners. It is tasked with sorting out the worst messes that humankind cooks up - ...
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