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At UN, Leaks Show Budget Process Is Broken, Germany Claims $41 Million for Lebanon Ships


Africa at the UN, from Slides of UNCTAD to Senegal Fights, Somalia Resolution and Protests

Myanmar Grants Visa to UN's John Holmes, But What Next?

From UN's Post-Cyclone Stalemale, Air Clooney Called For as Hollywood's R2P

At UNDP, Whistleblower Says Somalia Contracts Steered to KPMG, Previous Complaints Unresolved

On Myanmar, Questions of Lack of UN Training and of Ethnic Cleansing of Karen, R2P?

In Wake of UN's Darfur Contract with Lockheed, Promotions and Partying But No Peace

UN Staff Supporting Myanmar Cyclone Relief Ask Ban to Hear Their Call and End Delay

Chasing the Flame with Cheese Cubes, US Progressives at UN Launch Campaign Funded by eBay

In Congo, Kung Fu and Dragon Will Be Re-Interviewed by OIOS, Pre-Screening Allegations

"Responsibility to Protect" Does Not Apply to Myanmar, UN's Expert Tells Inner City Press

At UN, Management Shake-Up Would Send Barcena to Chile, German Kane to Fill the Slot

Some Companies Involved in Myanmar Are Also Missing in Action In Cyclone's Wake

At UN, Myanmar Pledging Under U.S. Shadow, France Fades, Oil Companies Give A Little Back

UN Covers Up Wasted TV Money, Gags Staff and Asks, "Are You with the Heritage Foundation?"


On Myanmar, OCHA's Holmes Gets the Memo, Ed Luck Missing in Action on R2P


At UN, Ahlenius Is In Denial on Congo, Goes Slow on Lockheed Martin in Darfur Inquiry

UN "Concerned" that Hutu Rebels in Congo and Burundi's FNL Collaborate

On Myanmar, France's Bluster Met by Skepticism, China Speaks of Aid But Does Not Film Itself

At UN, Sri Lanka Serves Quiche for Rights Council Seat, France Missing, UNDP Worker and Gun

Art Show at UN Features Chrysalis and Whaling, No Need for Christie Brinkely, Artists Say

At UN, as France Demands Action on Myanmar, China Raises Heat Wave Deaths of French Elders

In Myanmar Cyclone's Wake, Lack of Disaster Risk Reduction Follow-up Raised

UN "Could Do More" on Human Rights, is "Not Free" as to Press, Study Releasers Conclude

UN Praises Financial Speculators on Food, Zimbabwe's Role in Social Development

In Ban's UN, of Cancelled Meetings and Disgruntled Staff, Following the Rostrum

At UN, "Ban-Handling" of Press Triggers Apology But Not Yet Any Explanation

UNDP Ambassador Ronaldo in Prostitution Scandal, As UN Watches the News

On UN's Congo Scandal, Ban Defers to OIOS, Which Itself Stands Accused

UN's Budget Committee Complains of Late Reports, Diagnosis of OIOS Problems

At UN, Ban and the Myanmese People, Food as UNRWA's Friends Party

As UN Breaks Ground, Cracks Develop in Swing Space Plan, City Records Show


UN "Swing Space" Hit by Partial Stop Work Order for Unsafe Conditions


At UN, Exclusion of Press Still Unaddressed, Nepal and Impunity Questions Unanswered


UK Schizophrenic on Human Rights, But Says No Impunity for LRA's Kony


UN Hosts Environmental Smoke and Mirrors, Naomi Campbell, Indigenous Outrage


At UN, Naomi Campbell Headlines $450 a Ticket Fundraiser for Invisible Environmental Group


At UN, Reports Withheld by Ahlenius of OIOS Are Put Online, Congo Cover-up Alleged


UN Global Compact Duo Call Food Price Speculation Serious, But No Guidance Offered

At UN, BAN Not in Time 100, Georgian If-Asked and Groundbreaking Moves to Cubicles


Access to Information Discussed But Not Practiced at UN, Which Journalists Are Protected?


France Wants In on Human Rights Council, But Rights Out of W. Sahara Resolution, Sri Lanka Question


At UN, Internet Blocking is Dodged, Uzbek Defense and Myanmar "Vote Yes" Sidestepped


In MINURSO's Wake, Doubts About Van Walsum, Ripert on the Run


At UN, Western Sahara Session Goes Late But Words Not Changed, Realism Disputed

At UN On South Sudan, Killing the MINURCAT,  Lord's Resistance Army to be Reported On


On Western Sahara, Rifts about Realism and Rights, France's Overkill, Pristina Question Unanswered


Zimbabwe Opposition Calls UN Agencies Complicit, Not Helping Refugees, Council Action Blocked


At UN, France Says Timing of Ivorian Elections Not Important, Nor of Zimbabwe Meeting

UN Investigates Itself in Kosovo, with Francis SSekandi, and in Haiti Shoot-out Aftermath


Dissonance at UN Information Meeting, Bragging of Outreach While Web Sites Are Blocked

At UN, Responsibility to Protect Has Different Meanings, Envoy Luck Has No Phone

As UN Spins Reports of Peacekeepers' Congolese Gold Deals, Who Audits the Auditor, OIOS?

With UN's Ruecker Private in Pristina, Angela Kane Pulls Ahead, Ripert Ripe for Post?

UN Silent on LRA, Short Lists and Sanctions, Bans Iran from Transcripts But Answers on Congo

At UN, Malaria Week is Nothing But Nets, Sri Lankan Lessons on the Margins

WFP's Sheeran Says Speculators Are a Cause of Food Price Crisis, But Has No Suggestions

Italy's Heroism at UN Council's Gaza Meeting is Denied, Corriere Questioned

At UN, Letter Banning Use of Ki-moon Said Not Received by Spokesperson

UN Calls Visa Meeting Closed to Media, Press Release Censored by UN Legal Office


At UN, Russian Drone Denials, Ties for Beijing Games, France's Earplug Storm-Out

China Asks UN to "Desist from Harboring" North Koreas, Mbeki "Colors" Programs for Zim Refugees, Official Says

Donors Ask for UN Jobs, America Owns Some, UNHCR Deputy Johnstone Says

UN Women's Agency Controversy Banned from Kidman Press Conference, SayNoToViolence.com

As UN Host Country Committee Discusses Access, Press is Excluded,  by  Office of Legal Affairs

UN Cites Outsourcing to Defend Blocking Web Sites of its Critics, Censorship Alleged

UN Confirms and Defends Deletion of Ban Statements from Transcripts, What Else Gets Erased?

Kosovo "Respects Dual Citizenship," But Dodges Abkhazia Question, Downed Drone Deferred

Blog of UN's Kovoso Envoy Ruecker Invites Questions, But Financial Disclosures Not Made

Of FIFA and Coca, Evo Morales at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

UN Procurement Dominated by Developed World, U.S. Grabs 25% Not Counting Lockheed Martin

At UN, Ban's Iran Answer Is Banned from Transcripts, Darfur Contacts Denied, Understaffing Unexplained

As UNDP's Selective "For the Record" Omits Alberdi Flap, Scandals Proliferate

In UN, Job Search by Kouchner and Prodi, Replacement for Eliasson Sought, Alberdi Fall-Out

NY Times UN Post Slated for MacFarquhar, from Wine to IPA, Revolving Door Spins


UN in Lock-Down As Pontiff Passes Through, Diplomatic Sidelines  Speeches uploaded 11:30 a.m. GA Staff

At UN, Curtains Closed for Pope, Walking Path of Lee Myung-bak, Roasting Rudy Reported


In Kosovo, UN Will Now Allow But Not Authorize Voting by the Serbs, Ex-Spy Given Post


At UN, Prodi's Job Search on the Terrace, the Specter of Mugabe While the Dirty Deals Continue


France's Role in Chad is "Normal," Rama Yade Says, of the Disappeared


Gordon Brown in Sea of Snubs, Rents UN Room by the Hour, Zim Election Observers Called For


On Africa's Day, Ban and Lee Myung-bak Walk Is "For Koreans Only," UN Says, Darfur Unanswered


Darfur Mission Only 30% Staffed, Living in Containers Despite Lockheed's No-Bid Contracts


Cannes Confidential, Stealth UN TV Show with Undisclosed Payments to Host


UN's Congo Envoy Speaks of Disarmament and Trains, No Comment on China Resource Deals

In NATO Showdown Aftermath, Abkhazia Airport is a Bone of Georgia - Russia Contention


Banning the Olympics, UN Chief Prefers Beijing in July to Heat of August 8, Questions Persist


Somali Minister Says Contacted by U.S. on Missiles and on Pirate Trials by France, Talks Cell Phones


UN Plots a Global Lottery, Lays Claim to U.S. Stimulus Payouts


At UN, of Liberian Rapes and Sri Lankan Child Soldiers, OCHA Says a Better Story Must Be Told


UN Dodges on Kosovo and Myanmar Votes, Pope Face-Time and Officials' Pay, Banner Day

General Assembly's Kerim Refuses to Disclose Payments from WAZ Media Group, No Olympics Showing Either

UN Censors Internet In Its NY Headquarters, Blocking Media Critique and Non-Google Video Sites

Unveiling a Center in Spain, UN's Ban Predicted Voting and the Future, Approval Not Assured

At UN, Transparency Debated in Secret, Labor Discussed in the Basement, Arnault in DPKO Mix


UN's Climate Chief Unaware of WMO's "World Is Cooler" Statement, BBC Controversy

In UNIFEM Spin, Alberdi Speaks Only to Spanish Media, India Calls Sen More Qualified, UNDP Silent

On Deby's Chad Evictions, France Offers then Amends Defense, Claims No Deal on Zoe's Ark

Banning the Olympics, To Skip Beijing Games, UN's Ban Cites "Scheduling Issues"

UN Picks Verbeke as Lebanon Envoy, Belgian Waffling as Ban's Appointments Questioned

At UN, Preparations for Korean President, Ban to Japan But Olympics Maybe Not, Verbeke to Lebanon, Dari Zal

At UN, Some Call Management Reform an Oxymoron, G to P Barriers and Breakaway UNDP

From Comoros to Yacht Taken by Somalia Pirates, France Looms Large in African Seas, UN Not in Sight

UN Refugee Agency Workers Impacted by Algiers Bombing Were Uninsured, Funds Diverted, Sources Say

At UN's Rwanda Genocide Commemoration, Questions of FDLR, Darfur and UNDP's Mbarushimana

Top Post in UN Women's Agency Slated for Spain in "Donor-Driven Process," $700 Million Echoes

UN Bans Interns from its Bar, Photos on Facebook and Line-Ups for Beer Led Two Delegations to Complain

At UN, Serbia's Vuk Jeremic Speaks of Kosovo, Says Ruecker "Doesn't Deserve" Higher UN Post

UN's Non-Answers on Kosovo, Chad and Corruption, a Week in the Fun House on UN Savings Time

UNICEF, Still Without Gucci's Money, Dodges German Scandal, Answers on Heroin in Sri Lanka, Does Good

UN Assembly's President Is Employed By Media Group, Refuses to Disclose Payments, Stepping To Reform

While Cluster Bombs Still Made in South Africa, at UN Mine Wine and Cheese and Speeches by Lawless Officials

At the UN, Complaints Against New Labor Chief Unanswered, Moonlighting Sportsman

In Congo, UN Controls Radio Content But Will Not Show the Contract, Journalists in Danger

At UN, Views of Myanmar But Not of Burmese Egg, Kosovo Debate and Elections Questions


UN Development Program "Launders Money" in Latin America, Chart and Sources Say

At UN Refugee Agency, Labor Power Plays and No Comment on Safety or Zoe's Ark Pardons

At UN, No Canapes for Whistleblowers at Farewell to Mark Wallace

At UN, Ted Turner Calls for Cut in Funds to "Rat Hole" States like Zimbabwe, Transparency Questioned

Swiss Won't Disclose Amount Paid to Nicolas Michel, Top UN Lawyer, Transparency Questioned

Russia Has "Tough Questions" for UN on Kosovo, for Georgia on Abkhazia

Bronxites Are Excluded from Metro-North Trains, As Congestion Pricing Looms

UN As Defense Attorney for Lord's Resistance Army, Erasing LRA Even From Transcript, Francophony Notes

At UN, Khalilzad's Undisclosed Meeting with Ban Stumbled Onto, Of Budgets and Typos from Geneva

At UN, Rudd Downplays Timor Shoot-Out Flap, Internal Investigation May Never Be Released

At UN, Talk of Uganda Asking to Suspend War Crimes Indictment of Lord's Resistance Army


At UN, Ban's Budget Add-Ons Top $1.1 Billion, Criticism of Political Missions and Mandate "Alignment"


UN's Top Lawyer Declines to Answer on Subsidy, Insurance or Settlements, Liberia Crash Fallout


Dutch Subsidy of Herfkens Triggers Calls for Reimbursement, But Inaction from UNDP, Apartments Offshored


UN Economist Jomo Sings of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Does Not Publicly Disclose Finances


On Afghanistan, UN Says There Never Was a Super-Envoy, UK Cites Misunderstanding of Talks with Taliban


UN Refugee Agency Makes Deals with Donors for Jobs and Contracts, Non-Answers including on Safety


At UN, Ban's Team Blames Budget on U.S., Whose Ambassador Eschews Ferrari-Driving

At UN, Of Missing Staff and Letters, Venom in the Council Triggers Mistranslation Charge

At UN, Protests to Corporate Control of Water, As Trial Lawyers Take an Interest in Kabul

UN's Top Lawyer Calls for Pension Reform, Says Ethics Office Decided Not to Mention His $10,000 Monthly Swiss Subsidy

At UN, Film about Sergio de Mello Throws Light on Somalia and Algiers, With Balkans Issues Missing

UN Spokesperson Calls Ban - Bin Laden Meeting "Hypothetical," Terrorism Left Undefined

UN's Dollar-a-Year Sportsman Lemke May Be Moonlighting, As With Blair, UN Won't Say

As UN Belated Speaks About Somalia, No Comment on U.S. Missiles and Designation of Al-Shabaab

As Uganda's Kony Angles for Impunity, Council Blows Off Menkerios, Kofi Feted Despite Karim

How GA President Kerim Spends Money Questioned as Part of Reform by France and Indonesia

As Barkat's Pick as UN Ombudsman Is Protested, A Letter Is Lost, A C.V. Is Padded, Union Says

UN's Top Official Srgjan Kerim Accepts Outside Funding, Calls for Reform Which UK Supports

Myanmar Opposition's Letter to UN Gets Lost in UNDP's Mail, As China Is Missing from Stakeout

UN's Kosovo Rules of Engagement Questioned as Chain of Command is Retraced, Rossin to NY

UN Lawyer's Public Financial Disclosure Omits Swiss Subsidy He Now Admits Having Received

UN Is Grilled in DC, As Opponent of Free Press and Bloggers, Claims Not to Lobby

Fed's Bear-Chase Bailout Raises Questions of Transparency and Countrywide Subprime Negligence WashPost - Guardian (UK)

At UN, of Posts Doled Out and Protesters Arrested, Nepal and Burundi Questions Still Dodged

Lockheed Over-Spends on F-35, Sued and Questioned on Capitol Hill as in UN

UN's Censorship and Press Punishment Slammed by Staff Union, From Google to Photos of the Dead

In Africa, UN Development Program Is a "Disaster," and Security Delayed Two Years, Documents Show

As UN's Ms. Ahlenius Withholds "Her" Report, UN Business Seminars Benefit Rich Countries

As Georgia Says Sochi Olympics May Not Happen, Russia Calls it Far-Fetched, Of Abkhaz Trenches

In Nepal, Another Death Tied to Downing of UN Copter, ID and Term of Contractor Still Withheld

Press to Expose UN's Scandals, African Union's Konare Says, As EC Inquires into Lockheed Deals

As UNDP Explains African Funding Dearth by World Bank Loans, Zoellick Expresses Doubt

At UN, Briefers Have No Comment on Haiti, Abkhazia or Bas Congo, Answers Found Elsewhere

In Nepal, UN "Regrets Altercation" With Media, Seizes Film of Crash Site, Won't Name Contractor

At UN, Developing Countries Demand Changes to Ban's Political Affairs Reforms

In Darfur, UN Gave Lockheed $12 Million No-Bid Food Contract, Leaked Minutes Show

UN Master Plan Still Fuzzy On the Numbers, Dismissive of Skanska Scandal, But May Save Trees

At UN's Meeting on Jerusalem, Russian Gambit Leaves Libya Standing Alone, U.S. With Buyer's Remorse?

UN Envoy Robert Serry Moving Now to Reimburse Free Housing from Dutch Government, in Herfkens Scandal Fall-Out (updated March 7)

As Questions Grow on Funding of UN's Political Affairs, Freelance Mediators Unveiled

Jeffrey Sachs, Touchy About UNDP, Declines to Touch On Africa's Underfunding

Ecuador Writes to UN Council President, Circulate But Do Not Discuss, Prefers OAS

As UN Takes a Shine to Avon, CEO Dodges Questions of Toxins in Cosmetics, No Report to Shareholders

At UN, Protest of Ban's Naming Ed Luck as "Anti-Genocide Trust Fund Baby"

UN's Deadly Helicopter Crash in Nepal May Have Been Presaged By Another, Local Reports Allege

On Drugs, UN Urges More Government Control, Even in Myanmar, Dodges Crack Disparities

UN Changed Darfur Request for Proposals, Leaked E-mails Show, To Track French Amendments

In North Kosovo Track Dispute, UN "Will Not Tolerate" Serbian Railroads, Will Russia Tolerate UN?

At UN, Three of Four Drop Opposition to Iran Sanctions Resolution, Indonesia Abstains

UN's Gaza Meeting Results Only in a Summary, Iran Resolution Still Slated for Monday Vote

UN Goes Saturday Night Live on Gaza, Resolution on Iran Gets Inter-Linked Like Tony Blair

On Threats in Georgia and Burundi, Corruption by UN Officials, UN Has No Comment

Disputed Soft Porn Quietly Removed from UN Lobby, "They Told Us to Take It Down"

UN's Brahimi Shifts Focus from Algiers Bombing Specifics, Report May Stay Secret, Dervis Dodge Detailed

As New Sanctions Loom, Iran's Kebab Diplomacy Heats Up at UN, Nuclear Stew

As UN's CAR Alarmist Lanzer Praises Bozize Forces' Looting Limitation, His Taking Sides Is Questioned

From UNDP, Dry Talk of Moldova Drought, Cover Up of Moscow Fraud, Development Questioned

UN Keeps "Watchful Eye" on Contested Soft Porn In Its Lobby, UN Gender Advisor Called It Appalling

Chad Closed Radio Station, Used Swiss Plane for Wounded, Zoe's Ark Pardon Being Considered

In UN's Caste System, Talent Wasted by Nepotism, G's Called Just a Clerk, Offered No Protection

UNDP Waves Poverty Czar's Net Contract Online Then Does Not Answer Questions

As UN Budget Grows, Big Space on Madison Avenue Is Eyed, Security In Question

UNDP Fudges Herfkens' Part-Time Work, Dodges on Lockheed Connection, Other Staff Files Withheld

In UN's Corporate Frenzy, Western Union Dismisses Boycott, Coke Exonerates Itself, UNICEF Plays Footsie

Soft Porn Sold in UN Lobby, Despite Gender Advisor's Complaints to UN Management

While UN's Dutch Poverty Czar Retains Illegal Money, Brooklyn Woman Jailed in Similar UN Case

UN's Ban's Ally Han Accused of Under-Reporting His Assets, UN Disclosure Called Into Question

Belgrade Attacks as Chad Is Off the Map, With Iran Annexes and Timor Link, Eritrea Needs a Report, But Where's Somalia's?

UN Official Speaks of Punishing the Press, Alleging Cowardice, Ouster for 1 or 2 Critical Accounts

Faced with Poll About Bombing of UN in Algeria, UN Was Diplomatic, Granted Interview to Pollster

Ambulance Responds Too Late for Journalist at UN, Searched at 1st Ave Gate, Another Investigation

UN Ignores ICC Indictments in Uganda, Evidence Collection in Congo, Plea for Pakistan Probe

Murky World of UN Mainframes Serviced by Non-Staff Personnel, Outsourcing without Bids

Misuse of Vacant Posts in UN Pension Fund and Geneva, Staff Union Complains of Justice Delay

UK Says Somalia Too Complex For Any UN Decision in a Month, South Africa Disagrees

French Ex-Minister Takes $1 UN Post, Says UNDP Should Release Audits, Will Work with Google

A Week's Exclusion from Google Raises UN-answered Questions

As UN Names Decedent on South Lawn, Push-Back at Photos, Run-Around on Computer Job Specifics

In Timor Aftermath, No Answer on Reinado's Reported Letter to UN's Ban, Qazi Takes No Questions

Lockheed Rep on US Committee for UNDP, like UNICEF Germany, Raises Conflict Questions Feb. 18, 2008

On Kosovo, UN's Ban Takes Only Two Questions, then Rostrum Taken from Serbia Too Feb. 18, 2008

Woman's Death on UN Lawn Leaves Questions Unanswered, Photos Unexplained Feb. 17, 2008, Abridged Feb. 20

On Kosovo, UK Says "No Country" Supports Russia, Council President Says Some Do; UNMIK's Ruecker Does Not Disclose Finances Feb. 17, 2008

UN Council Convenes Haltingly on Kosovo, Interpreters Not Called Feb. 17, 2008

Corpse Removed from UN Lawn, Fell from High Story, Police Tight-Lipped Feb. 17, 2008

UNDP's Top Official for Africa Refuses Any Financial Disclosure, As Burundi Cover-Up Is Dodged Feb. 16, 2008

As UN's Guards Reportedly Beat a Somali MP, Peacekeeping Report Will Be One Month Late Feb. 15, 2008

Focus on General Assembly President's Finances Finds Floridian Dinners in Naples, Latin Mysteries Feb. 14, 2008

UN's Malaria Envoy Ray Chambers Seeks to Avoid Conflicts of Interest, Was Invited by WHO Feb. 14, 2008

At UN, Financiers Talk Green, Petition SEC, Deny Subprime Links Feb. 14, 2008

Waiting for Kosovo, Russia Speaks of 200 Precedents, Serbia of State Secrets Feb. 14, 2008

Google, Asked at UN About Censorship, Moved to Censor the Questioner, Sources Say, Blaming UNDP - GAP statement  Feb. 14, 2008

UN Has List of Ban's Calls, But It Can't Be Seen, Only Guessed At, No Freedom of Information Feb. 13, 2008

As Myanmar Cracks Down, Some See Glass Half-Full, Do Not See Rambo IV or Financial Disclosure  Feb. 13, 2008

As Australia Apologizes to its Indigenous, It Rushes Troops to Timor and Seems Cheap on Climate Change  Feb. 13, 2008

As Seas Rise, Island States Look for Concrete Partners, Doubts on UN's Overhead

At UN, Political Affairs Plan Slated to Shrink, Development Plan Missing, Along with Budget Officials

While UNICEF's Veneman Is Silent about Her Gucci Event, Publicist Named in Indictment for Bribery

Sanctions on Child Soldier Recruiters Debated at UN, Some Accused Question Report's Fairness

UNICEF Pays Consultants Up To $600 a Day, Its US Fund Twice That, Audits and Veneman Still Withheld

In Timor Leste, UN Police "Refused" to Help Horta, Decline to Answer Questions

UN's de Boer Explains Bali Tears and Comma's Silent Impact, Branson Dodges, Steiner's Secrecy

On Climate Change's Margins, Biofuels Cause Food Price Rise for Poor, Bloomberg and WFP Agree

Sudan Blocks UN Peacekeeping Mission's E-mail Access, UN Remains Silent

At UN, Eliasson Doesn't Follow or Disclose the Money, Kofi's Bug Out and Gaza in Europe

UN's Lute Admits No-Bid Lockheed Deal Caused "Confusion," No Conflict of Interest of Iraq Overlap

One Congo Warlord Arrested, Others Off the Hook, in Uganda and Sudan, ICC Silent on Kenya

Gucci Event Bent and Broke UN Rules, UNICEF's Veneman's Venom Toward the Press

WHO Criticizes UN Acceptance of Tobacco Firms and Air Quality, Staff Union Urges Smoke Detector Halt

UNICEF's Dodging of Gucci Event Questions Mirrored by German Scandals, Veneman's History

UN Says Al-Bashir Is $500 Million Behind in Darfur Payments, Abuse Cut from Kenya Statement

Gucci's Boast that UN Event Celebrates Its Store Is Quietly Withdrawn, Questions Remain

As Gucci Uses UN for an Ad, Who Protects UN Left Unanswered by Ban Ki-moon

As UN Hears Only One Side of Kenya Struggle, UK Claims Others to be Heard, UNDP's Uses

At UN, Ban Pleads for Financial Disclosure, While Compacts Question Peacekeeping Split

Gucci's Use of UN "Worries" Ban Ki-moon, May Not Attend Madonna Event Now, Staffer Says

At UN, Panamanian President Silent on Kosovo and Ashdown, as Somalia Is Delayed, Sky Falls

UN Officials' "Compacts," Withheld from Public, Skirt Issues of Security and Procurement

At UN, Peacekeeping Porn Alleged in W. Saharan Caves, Envoy Van Walsum Takes Questions Indirectly

France Gets Council OK to Support Chad's Deby as Military Advisor Stands By

Official Calls Gucci's Use of UN Inappropriate, Sees Need for Madonna Inquiry, UNICEF Silent

On Chad, UN in Denial, then Abortive French Frenzy in Council, Echoes of Mad Max and 2006 Bomb

At UN, 34 Officials Have Not Filed Any Required Disclosure, Decisions Are Outsourced to PwC

At UN, Clooney Says In Lockheed No-Bid Darfur Deal Mistakes Were Made

Raiding Malawi, UN's Gucci Event Costs $25,000 Per Table, One-Half to Madonna's Kabbalah Center

At UN, Clooney Puts Peacekeeping Abuses in the Past, Sports Obama Bracelet

UN Ethics Office Too Busy for Disclosure, No Comment Yet on Whistleblower's Appeal

After Algiers Bombing, UN to Appoint Algerian Ex-Minister Lakhdar Brahimi to Investigate

UN Advisor Kim's Wife Employed by S. Korean Mission, Envoy Larsen's Spouse by Norway, No Disclosure

From Children Charged with War Crimes to Whole Countries Left Out, UN's Coomaraswamy On Conflict

At UN, Troop Contributors Will Not Hear from Clooney, Said to Be Pro-Serb Along with Sharon Stone

At One-Sided UN Briefing on Kenya, UK Is Focused on Expressing Present Concern, Not Past Responsibility

At UN, Resistance to Financial Disclosure Ranges from Two Top Peacekeepers to UNDP

Gaza Statement Dies in UN Council, On What to Call the Rockets, Yet More Debate to Follow

While UN Discloses Deputy's Tobacco Rents, Others Officials Thumb Noses or Remain Vague on Assets

On UN's Gaza Statement, Now Libya's Against, As Iran Sanctions Annex Withheld from Non-Perm Ten

UN Lets Gucci Use Global Lawn to Celebrate a Store Opening, Madonna and VIPs in Tents

UN's Liberia Mission Pays Eight Dollars a Day, Is Disappointed by Complaints to the Press

In Eritrea, UN Mission Is Running Out of Fuel, While Council Mulls Six More Months of Staying

Senate Report on UN Development Program Ignored and Scorned by UNDP's Board

On New Iran Sanctions, China and the West May Disagree, on Travel Bans and Export Credits

At UN, Attempts to Inject Kidnapped Soldiers into Languishing Statement on Gaza Blockade

Royal Bank of Canada Conceals Layoffs and Fair Lending  Response to Merger Challenge

UN's Nepal Envoy Dismissive of Protests, Says Child Soldiers Never Fought

Senate Report Confirms North Korea Errors of UNDP While Letting Wider UN Off the Hook

At UN, Sniper Fire Added to New Gaza Draft Statement, UK As U.S. Negotiating Proxy

UN Juggles Jobs and Spoils, from NY to Geneva, Accountability Director Said Chosen in Back Room

At UN, Experts Change UK's Nepal Draft, UN's Role Clipped, Government's View Enshrined

Buyers of Blood Diamonds from Charles Taylor Won't Face Justice from UN's Sierra Leone Court

At UN, No Council Statement on Gaza Blockade, Which Libya Calls Attempt at Genocide

As Scandals Multiply, UN Development Program's Oversight Board of Sleeps Through Speeches

Bunkerized in Baghdad, UN Envoy de Mistura Dismisses Hiring Patterns and Fijian Coup

At UN, Ethics Office Rebuffs Whistleblower of UNDP's Diversion from Africa of Environmental Funds

On Gaza, Blame Game and the Politics of Questions at the UN, Including "Where's Blair?"

At UN, Clooney Announcement but No Answers on Darfur Nor Alliance of Civilizations

UN's Lack of Women in Iraq and Darfur, Sexual Abuse Cases Unanswered by UN Gender Advisers

After Botched Procurement in Burundi, UNDP Denied Documents to UK and Belgium

In Myanmar, UK Is Major Investor in Oil and Gas While at UN Demanding No Business As Usual

UN Puts On Hold Proposed Transfer of Alleged Abuser of Staff to Chad Mission from Pension Fund

UNDP Admits Improper Housing Subsidy, Contracting with Vendor Barred for Bribery

In Kenya, While EU Considers Conditions, UN's Aid May Be "Coordinated" by Mwai Kibaki

UN's Kosovo Mission Sings of Serbs' Freedom of Movement While Evasive on Investigation

Algeria Ignored Security Requests Prior to Bombing, UNDP's Dervis Says, Insurance Unanswered

UNDP Hamstrung by Scandals, Herfkens, Algiers, Insurance, Corimec, Kenya and Pakistan

At UN, Selective Happy Talk on Cote d'Ivoire Ignores Coulibaly Coup, Peacekeeper Abuse Charges

UN's Review of Algiers Bombing is Slow and Thus Far Secret, As Questions Multiply

In Wake of Kabul Bombing, UN Quickly Names the Target, While Key Staff Still Excluded

UNDP Notes but Ignores UN's Barring of Contractors for Bribery, Kenya and Poverty Czar Updates

UN Council Minces Words on Darfur Attack, "An Accident in Movement," Sudanese Media Says

UN's Ban Asks Nations For Resources, Some Say for Iraq, Commits to Think Through Lockheed No-Bid Contract

At UN, Phrasing of Concern for Lebanese Shepherd Breaks Logjam, Darfur Still on Hold

Tony Blair's UN Role May Conflict with New Job with JP Morgan Chase, Subprime View of UN

Poverty Czar at UNDP Herfkens Said to Accept $7000 a Month Rent from Holland, Audits Cannot Be Copied

UN's Investigator Ahlenius Just Starting In on Lockheed, Results to be Confidential, Questions Unanswered

At UN, Alleged Abuser Seeks Transfer from Pension Fund to Chad Peacekeeping Mission

At UN, Darfur Attack Is Said to Need Investigation, Politics of Statements on Lebanon

At the UN, Ban's African Meeting Is Less than Transparent, Measurable Results Remain to Be Seen

UN Backtracks on Transparency While Official Who Pushed Lockheed Now Pushes George Clooney

At UN, Council Praises Dubious Chad Progress, Makes Deals on Darfur and Myanmar

UN's Ban Asks for Investigative Power While Defending Lockheed Contract, Somalia to the End

UN's Budget Advisor Criticizes Lack of Planning, from No-Bid Contracts to Travel Costs

On Myanmar, EU's Envoy Supports UN's Soft Power Approach, "Laura Bush Is Not a Mediator"

Behind UN Afghan Exclusion, Tales of Big Money and the Hand of CIA

At UN, Ban Assures Staff of Safety First, While Algiers Bombing Questions Persist

At the UN, Two Messages on Nuclear Korea, Chinese Call to Focus on Development

As Libya Heads UN Council, Africa Focus Questioned, Pakistan Not on Agenda

At UN, Champion of Lockheed Still on Road, From Afghanistan with U.S. Air Force

UN Says It Will Only Help in Bhutto Investigation if Musharraf Makes Request

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