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  • Annan blasted for keeping his ex-adviser (document shredder guy)

    10/07/2005 9:38:29 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 366+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 10/7/05 | Edith M. Lederer - ap
    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. employees union has criticized Secretary-General Kofi Annan for retaining his former chief-of-staff as an adviser despite accusations the aide authorized shredding three years of files on the corrupt oil-for-food program for Iraq. The Independent Inquiry Committee led by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker criticized Iqbal Riza for giving approval to shred the documents on April 22, 2004 — a day after the U.N. Security Council authorized an investigation into the oil-for-food program. A resolution adopted by the Staff Council, the union's executive, and obtained Thursday by The Associated Press, said keeping Riza as a...