Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Annan innocente

New York, 15:44
OIL FOR FOOD: ANNAN INNOCENTE, INDAGATE MIGLIAIA DI DITTE
Non esiste alcuna prova di un'interferenza del segretario generale delle 
Nazioni Unite, Kofi Annan, nell'assegnazione di appalti alla societa' di cui 
era consulente il figlio, la Cotecna Inspection S.A., nell'ambito del 
programma 'oil-for-food' in Iraq. Lo ha detto alla Bbc il giudice 
sudafricano Richard Goldstone, uno di tre magistrati della Commissione 
indipendente investita dall'Onu dell'inchiesta. Il magistrato, tuttavia, ha 
sottolineato che resta da chiarire se Annan fosse stato a conoscenza 
dell'offerta alla societa' svizzera. Un aspetto che sara' valutato nel 
rapporto atteso per settembre, prima dell'Assemblea generale delle Nazioni 
Unite, che sara' dedicata alla riforma dell'organismo internazionale
http://www.repubblica.it/news/ired/ultimora/rep_nazionale_n_1060635.html
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Pace e bene 

 OIL FOR FOOD: ANNAN INNOCENTE, INDAGATE MIGLIAIA DI DITTE
Titolo del ca**o.
Preferisco questo
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-08-10T025701Z_01_FOR010600_RTRUKOC_0_IRAQ-PROBE-ANNAN.xml
Annan said to have stayed out of Iraq contract bid
Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:57 AM BST
By Evelyn Leopold
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A key investigator of the U.N. oil-for-food
program in Iraq said on Tuesday there was "absolutely" no evidence that
Secretary-General Kofi Annan had interfered in the awarding of a
contract to a firm that employed his son.
But South African Judge Richard Goldstone said the inquiry was still
investigating "vigorously" whether Annan had advance knowledge of the
bid by the Swiss firm Cotecna Inspection S.A., which was awarded a
lucrative contract in the humanitarian program for Iraq.
"We found absolutely no evidence implicating the secretary-general, Mr.
Annan, in the award of the Cotecna contract," Goldstone said on the BBC
program "Hardtalk."
"That was handled by the appropriate organs within the United Nations.
And there is absolutely not a tittle of evidence suggesting he tried to
influence that decision."
Goldstone's comments amounted to a stronger defense of the
secretary-general than previous reports by the probe, which found "the
evidence was not reasonably sufficient" to show Annan played a role in
the bidding process.
Goldstone is one of three commissioners leading the U.N.-established
Independent Inquiry Committee, along with Paul Volcker, the former head
of the U.S. Federal Reserve, and Mark Pieth, a Swiss professor and money
laundering expert.
Annan's role will be analyzed further in a comprehensive report due in
September, shortly before the secretary-general hosts a summit on U.N.
reforms with more than 170 world leaders.
At issue now is an e-mail from Michael Wilson, a former vice-president
of Cotecna, who said he met the secretary-general shortly before the
contract was awarded, along with Annan's son Kojo. Wilson claimed he
discussed Cotecna's negotiations with the United Nations and concluded
the firm could "count on their support."
"It does throw new light on the question of the secretary-general's
knowledge and that is being very vigorously investigated," said
Goldstone. "The e-mail appears to be authentic. Whether its contents are
correct are another matter."
Goldstone said in an earlier interview with Reuters that Kojo Annan, who
was being paid as a consultant to Cotecna after he left a full-time job,
was cooperating with the investigation, although he had not done so at
first.
"There was a period when he refused to speak to us but he has been more
cooperative," Goldstone said of the younger Annan, son of
secretary-general's first wife, a Nigerian.
Kojo Annan was being interviewed in Europe, Goldstone said,
The inquiry, headed by Volcker, released an explosive report on Monday
that cited Benon Sevan, the head of the $64 billion oil-for-food
humanitarian program for getting kickbacks amounting to nearly $150,000.
It also accused a procurement official, Alexander Yakovlev, of accepting
bribes on contracts, outside of the program of about $1 million.
Sevan has denied the accusations while Yakovlev has admitted them to
federal prosecutors and is out on bail.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. 
-Stefano

 
Rassegnati, non ti accetterebbero mai...
Am.

 Rassegnati, non ti accetterebbero mai...
Dove, caro *FESSO*? :)
-Stefano

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Alla Reuters, bien entendu, visto che firmi i loro pezzi.
Am.
PS: Pio pio, puss puss...

 PS: Pio pio, puss puss...
E' proprio rotto definitivamente :)
-Stefano