Internal U.N. Audits Ignite Debate
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Internal audits sent to the director of the Iraq oil-for-food program uncovered extensive mismanagement of multimillion-dollar deals with contractors and fraudulent paperwork by its employees, according to copies of some of the reports obtained by The Associated Press.
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The report is likely to intensify a debate about the safety of the nationÂs drug supply and the adequacy of government oversight.
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The head of a U.N. inspection office said the world body needed a "major overhaul" of how it procures $1.9 billion in goods annually and called for less secrecy about probes of staff and companies involved.
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With governments at a global warming summit divided, the United Nations released an alarming new report.
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The United Nations is setting up an independent panel to investigate a bombing that killed 17 U.N. employees in Algiers on December 11, the world body announced on Monday.
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The joint UN - Afghan election commission has asked the United Nations to appoint a panel of independent experts to investigate claims of voting fraud in Saturday&#39;s presidential election in Afghanistan.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN employees were preparing to issue a vote of no-confidence against Kofi Annana on Friday, officials said. The union first raised the issue in April, calling for a formal probe into the behaviour
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The I.A.E.A. report has exposed a new divide between the United Nations inspectors and the United States over how to contain Iranâs atomic program.
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Squabbling over voting clout soured   the International Monetary Fund's annual meeting on Sunday as   countries lined up to find fault with a plan crafted to reflect   a shifting balance of power in the world economy.
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The World Bankâs efforts to fight corruption are plagued by weak management, distrust and employee resistance, a panel of outside experts said.
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The internal U.N. watchdog will look into allegations that a U.N. office steered millions of dollars in contributions from the Italian government to projects benefiting Italian nationals and interests, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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A U.N.-mandated agency said on  Wednesday its task of watching over Iraq's oil money was being  hampered by the Bush administration's failure to hand over  audits of Iraq contracts awarded without competitive bids,  including to Halliburton .
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UNITED NATIONS: The UN staff union was meeting late last night to discuss a no-confidence measure against senior management of the United Nations, which has been hit by a series of scandals involving top UN officials.
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A US senator who in December called for UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to resign raised doubts about an audit of the oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says the investigation into abuses of the oil-for-food program in Iraq has &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over the United Nations.
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The United Nations needs greater investigative powers to probe its own activities and root out fraud, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
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Questions about new nation's security and the effectiveness of international peacekeepers surface after two recent assassination attempts.