So what pull does the UN staff have? Don't the member countries vote Kofi in or out? Just trying to see the significance of this.
Independently, perhaps not much, as you said, it's the country members that have the power to remove Annan. Take it together, however, it's part of a systematic problem in the UN: abuse of power and corruption. So, in the big picture, it surely doesn't help the credibility (or significance) of the UN.