Posted on 06/22/2005 9:14:48 AM PDT by NO_2_CORZINE
Breaking on Fox
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. procurement official who has been at the center of a FOX News investigation into a possible conflict of interest involving his son has quit his job, officials at the United Nations confirmed Wednesday.
On Monday, the United Nations announced it was going to into whether procurement officer Alexander Yakovlev (search) violated conflict-of-interest rules. But the U.N. decision did more than draw attention to the man's possible wrongdoing — it also raised questions about how the world body investigates itself.
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The world body's decision to investigate Yakovlev was prompted by a FOX News investigation into the staffer. Yakovlev, who handles tens of millions of dollars' worth of contracts for a variety of U.N. operations, is entwined in an apparent father-son conflict of interest similar to the one that engulfed Secretary-General Kofi Annan (search) and his son Kojo.IHC's Chief Executive Officer Ezio Testa told FOX News that he gave Dmitry Yakovlev a job because his father asked him to, a move that came only months after the older Yakovlev worked on a $1.2 million procurement contract with the company.
When the hell will koffi annan follow suit???
When the hell will koffi annan follow suit???
Maybe its time for a good ol fasioned protest down at the UN!
IIRC, this guy was a top aide of Gorbachev back in the good ole USSR. Once a corrupt Communist thug, always a corrupt Communist thug.
I think that somehow Kofi will be able to ride this out only because if any aspect of these investigations result in any legal trouble for him his term as Secretary General will probably run out before the court date(s).
Didn't you hear that Kofi fired a low level aid a couple of weeks ago and had some harsh things to say about his ethics and standards in the oil-for-food matter? That should be good enough for all of us. /sarcasm
Koffi will get immunity, take his money, and run. Just like Yeltsin, he'll leave rich and not care when it crashes and burns after he's gone. Koffi will retire to a Carribbean island, drink margaritas with the dancing girls, and this time 3 years from now, it will be like all this never happened.
Well said.
My question, entirely.
BTTT.
I know this is done by FNC, but it's a big story... so far I haven't seen CNN put a story on it...
From UN News Service:
UN official under investigation for misconduct resigns
22 June 2005 – United Nations Procurement Officer Alexander Yakovlev, who is being investigated by the organization's oversight office for possible misconduct, submitted his resignation yesterday evening, a UN spokesperson said today.
"The Assistant Secretary-General for Central Support Services accepted his resignation this morning with immediate effect," the spokesperson said. Mr. Yakovlev was also informed that the investigation by the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) will continue despite his resignation. No further details on the case are available at this time.
In a separate action, the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC), which was commissioned by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to probe the Oil-for-Food programme, requested last night that Mr. Yakovlev's office be sealed to allow them to access materials that might pertain to their investigation. The UN complied with that request.
Sounds right!
FReep the UN, yeah, that's the ticket!
Sarcastic? Hahah the UN could use a Freep!
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