UN oil-for-food project chief blocked audit
The UN oil-for-food programme chief under scrutiny for alleged corruption and mismanagement blocked a proposed audit of his office around the same time he's accused of soliciting lucrative oil deals from Iraq, according to investigators.
A UN auditing team, which was severely understaffed, said running the $64 billion oil-for-food programme was "a high risk activity" and a priority for review. But Benon Sevan denied the internal auditors' request to hire a consultant to examine his office in May 2001 an act top investigators of the programme are now calling into question.
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