UN procurement under review after fraud fear
29 August 2012
The United Nations’ procurement system is to be independently reviewed after a purchaser admitted fraud charges.
Secretary-general Kofi Annan has already committed the UN to implementing the recommendations made in the review, which is to be completed next month.
The review follows an internal investigation into the running of the oil-for-food programme in Iraq, which found “irregularities” in procurement.
The UN said former senior procurement officer Alexander...