UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Monday ordered an investigation into the operations of the multi-billion dollar procurement division of the United Nations. Annan said UN Controller Warren Sachs would oversee the division while an independent commission probes earlier...
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Former UN officer pleads guilty to taking oil-for-food bribes
A former UN official pleaded guilty Monday to US charges that he accepted close to $1 million in bribes from UN contractors in the Oil-for-Food scandal . Alexander Yakovlev, a procurement officer...