UN whistle-blower case shows accountability limits

January 11, 2014 04:13

Two whistle-blowers exposed evidence-tampering by a top official within the UN office that is supposed to investigate corruption in the world body's operations and suffered retaliation for it, a UN judge has ruled.

The ruling and other recent opinions by the UN Dispute Tribunal show that the world body still struggles to hold itself accountable despite the promised reforms since a vast scandal involving its oil-for-food programme with Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.

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