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Would You Give Money to Kim Jong Il?

January 19, 2007 - 10:39 pm - by Claudia Rosett
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2007-01-21 01:37:31

[T]he audits of this UN program have been so secret that when the U.S. government asked to see them, UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis first said no. When U.S. diplomat Mark Wallace pressed for access, the UNDP finally let U.S. officials look at the audits and take notes at UNDP headquarters — but wouldn’t give them copies.

Rumor has it the UN has adopted a new protocol whereby documents can be made public only after Sandy Berger has had a chance to review them.