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UN Whistleblower Awarded L100,000 (Dyncorp-Bosnia)
Independent (UK) ^ | 11-27-2002 | Martin Halfpenny

Posted on 11/26/2002 4:01:45 PM PST by blam

UN whistleblower awarded £100,000

By Martin Halfpenny
27 November 2002

A United Nations worker who won her case for unfair dismissal after she blew the whistle on an alleged prostitution racket involving her colleagues in Bosnia was awarded more than £100,000 in compensation yesterday.

A Southampton employment tribunal found that Kathryn Bolkovac was unfairly dismissed by her former employers DynCorp, which has a branch in Wiltshire.

Ms Bolkovac, 41, from Nebraska, said she had been sacked because she wrote an e-mail to her bosses about the alleged racket involving DynCorp workers and UN peace-keeping soldiers.

She been hired in 1999 through a contract from the US State Department to work as a police monitor as part of the UN mission in Bosnia.

Unanimously upholding her claim for unfair dismissal, the employment tribunal judgment said: "There is no doubt whatever that the reason for Ms Bolkovac's dismissal was that she made a protected disclosure." The tribunal also found that she acted reasonably in making the disclosure.

A spokeswoman for Ms Bolkovac's solicitors, Bailey, Wright and Co, confirmed the award was more than £100,000.

The tribunal agreed that Ms Bolkovac's action in sending the e-mail was protected under the 1998 Public Interest Disclosure Act.

In 1999, she sent an e-mail to personnel in the UN and DynCorp saying that some employees were involved in trafficking women and children – some as sex slaves. A few days later, she was demoted and moved away from human rights work. In April last year she was dismissed.

DynCorp denied the claim, saying she had been sacked for falsifying time sheets. But the tribunal said there was little evidence for this.


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1 posted on 11/26/2002 4:01:45 PM PST by blam
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To: blam
So the UN is not just into slavery of women and supporting Islamic slavery
but is busy --behind the scenes-- covering up there reprehensible behavior.



"This just in. UN Emperor Abu Annan has something to say about
UN support of Islamic slavery and its use of girls for their pleasure,
and perhaps the Emperor Annan will explain why the Jenin UN compound with its sign promising to "... kill 100 Jews".
UN's Abu Annan may even explain the latest murders of children and innocents by his
kissing-close friend and client, Arafat the Egyptian and serial murderer of Americans.
Perhaps Emperor Abu Annan may even finally deign to say something about
the three billion dollars per year which the UN gives Terrorist Saddam to promote his regime,
or the 1.5 billion dollars kept by Arafat the Egyptian, or the murders which the UN promotes.
Yes, at long last, we may finally find out what is actually going on behind Annan's doors
and why the UN supports tyrants and murderers of Americans, Christians, Hindus and Jews. .....
... Here at last is Emperor Abu Annan .........
........
........
........
........ hold on .............
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........ his holy UN Imperial Excellency Annan ......
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........ but..... but .... your Excellency ... how gross .... ugggh ....


2 posted on 11/26/2002 5:19:48 PM PST by Diogenesis
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