What did he know and when did he know it? It would seem the Secretary-general has some explaining to do.
NEW YORK -- The United Nations panel investigating the Iraq oil-for-food scandal said yesterday it is "urgently reviewing" a 1998 memo in which U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appears to endorse a bid by the Swiss firm Cotecna to monitor the program.
If accurate, the memo would contradict a claim by Mr. Annan that he did not know about the bid by Cotecna at the time -- a potential conflict of interest because Cotecna employed Mr. Annan's son, Kojo Annan.
It would also appear to contradict a preliminary report by the investigating panel, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, that Mr. Annan did not improperly influence the contract being awarded to Cotecna.
From The Washington Times.
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