How Corrupt Is the United Nations?

CORRUPTION; UNITED Nations; FOOD relief; SEVAN, Benon; HUSSEIN, Saddam, 1937-2006; MERIMEE, Jean-Bernard; YAKOVLEV, Alexander; UNITED Nations peacekeeping forces

The article reveals the corruption and inefficiency of the United Nations (UN) and its employees. Among the people involved in the Oil-for-Food relief program corruption are UN staff member Benon Sevan, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and French diplomat Jean-Bernard Merimée. UN staff Alexander Yakovlev has pleaded guilty to bribery in August 2005. There are allegations of corruption, rape and sexual exploitation of children against the peacekeeping forces of the UN.