Annan vows action on corruption
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The UN secretary general pledges to discipline officials after a damning report on oil-for-food corruption.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday corruption allegations in the Iraqi oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. To meet criticism in the Republican-dominated US Congress that the United Nations was withholding documents, Annan said a UN probe led by Paul Volcker, the former ...
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who faces criticism over corruption in the agency&#39;s defunct oil-for-food program, enjoyed a standing ovation Wednesday from General Assembly members.
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Indonesian president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged Saturday a fight against corruption will be a top priority during his first 100 days in office.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, hit by a number of scandals, plans to revise its rules to better protect whistle-blowers, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.
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Investigators probing alleged corruption at the United Nations oil-for-food program are scrutinizing thousands of pages of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's documents, including e-mail and phone records, to determine whether he exerted influence in securing a contract for a Swiss company that employed his son.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will depart this weekend on official visits to China, Ireland and the United Kingdom, a UN spokesman said on October 7. "He will visit an eco-village and HIV/AIDS testing center, ...
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During a year-end news conference on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan admitted that allegations of corruption in the oil-for-food program have &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over that operation and the UN itself.
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But Mr Annan played down the question of whether he should resign after what he termed an &quot;annus horribilis&quot;. In his frankest comments yet about the scandal, Mr Annan again vowed to fully investigate fraud
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The world has pledged $2  billion in aid for stricken areas in South Asia and U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan will probably visit Indonesia next  week, a senior U.N. official said on Saturday.
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Relieved that a horrible year is ending, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reiterated yesterday he has no intention of resigning over the embattled UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and will pursue sweeping reforms at the United Nations
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan ordered disciplinary action against the head of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq on Thursday, after a report sharply criticized Benon Sevan for "undermining the integrity" of the United Nations through a "grave conflict of interest."
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U.N. staff, diplomats and  African nations rallied on Wednesday to the defense of U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan, wounded by U.S. allegations of  corruption in the now-defunct Iraq oil-for-food program.
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Kofi Annan, the former head of the UN, will today provide details of a peace deal aimed at restoring Kenya's stability after weeks of deadly violence
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan has vowed to discipline the director of the former U.N.  oil-for-food program for Iraq after an investigation said he  obtained oil allocations for a firm run by a friend.
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UNITED NATIONS, United States  - The United States has given UN Secretary General Kofi Annan a belated show of support but says the United Nations remains under a cloud over allegations of corruption in Iraq.
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After a trying year punctuated by calls for his resignation by U.S. lawmakers, Secretary General Kofi Annan said the United States and the United Nations have to find a way to the put their disputes behind them and move ahead with plans to reform the world body and meet poverty reduction goals.