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All in the family, UN style
CFP ^ | December 1, 2004 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 12/01/2004 6:06:17 AM PST by MikeEdwards

When it comes to nepotism, the lofty United Nations, which claims to own the monopoly on finding world peace, is no different than the corporate world where the boss’s son often gets first dibs.

Kojo Annan, whose name first appeared in mainline media stories about the UN oil-for-food scandal only to drop out of headlines for a year, is back.

It turns out that Kojo, son of UN secretary general Kofi Annan, was on the oil-for-food program payroll right up to 2004.

Annan Jr. was the recipient of monthly payments more than four years longer than was previously known, courtesy of a Swiss firm that landed a lucrative contract under the scandal-ridden UN oil-for-food program. . . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: foodforoil; un; uncorruption; unitednations

1 posted on 12/01/2004 6:06:17 AM PST by MikeEdwards
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The Chief Crook at the evil UN


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