Posted on 02/21/2005 12:21:42 AM PST by JohnHuang2
REUTERS NEWS AGENCY
GENEVA — U.N. refugee chief Ruud Lubbers resigned in the face of sexual harassment charges yesterday, saying he was insulted at the way the case had been handled by his boss, Kofi Annan. Just two days after insisting that he would stay in his Geneva post, Mr. Lubbers released a bitter resignation letter to the U.N. secretary-general in which he said he felt let down by an apparent change of mind by Mr. Annan regarding the case. The complaints, by a 51-year-old female employee of the refugee agency, were investigated by the United Nations over the summer. Mr. Annan decided at the time that there was insufficient proof for action against the former Dutch prime minister.
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Kofi Annan is incompetent. Run the UN? He couldnt run a wheelbarrow.
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