At
UN Appleton
Gets $30,000
Award, Ban
Ki-moon Hit,
Wan OIOS
By
Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
August 14 --
The UN saga of
Robert
Appleton, or
really of
Ban Ki-moon
and Inga-Britt
Ahlenius who
upon leaving
the UN blasted
Ban's
management,
was the
subject of a
37 ruling by
Judge Coral
Shaw
of the UN
Dispute
Tribunal on
Tuesday. Inner
City Press has
obtained
a copy of the
ruling and
puts it online
here.
Like
Ahlenius, in a
way, Judge
Shaw is
critical of
Ban and his
team,
including then
chief of staff
Vijay Nambiar.
On page 32,
the SRG's
conduct is
found
"unlawful." A
few pages
later
Appleton,
who after 17
months got a
job at the
Global Fund,
is awarded
$30,000
in damages.
The
real issue
here is the
independence
of the UN
Office of
Internal
Oversight
Services.
While Ahlenius
was less that
accountable,
fleeing
questions of
why she
declined to
investigate
the UN's Inner
City Press -
exposed sole
source
contract with
Lockheed
Martin in
Darfur, at
least the
manner in
which she left
showed
independence
and
a desire to
shake up the
UN.
Currently
OIOS
investigates
almost
nothing.
Whistleblower
have little to
no
confidence in
OIOS, nor in
the Ethics
Office. Some
say the Press
is
their own way
to go -- and
then some
working in the
UN try to
eject
the Press as
well. Is that
actionable at
the Dispute
Tribunal? Some
say yes. Watch
this site.
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