Investigators probing the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq will criticise UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, his son and the Swiss company that employed him, but will not accuse the UN chief of corruption, officials said.

SECRETARY-GENERAL Kofi Annan urged world leaders yesterday to implement the boldest changes to the United Nations in its 60 year history.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders today to implement the boldest changes to the United Nations in its 60 year history by expanding the size of the Security Council, writing a new definition of terrorism and strengthening protections for human rights.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ordered disciplinary action against the head of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq, who was sharply criticised in an investigation that accused him of a “grave conflict of interest” and “undermining the integrity” of the UN.

PRESIDENT Mary McAleese yesterday gave her strong backing to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who has faced calls for his resignation.

SAY what you like about the US, but its approach to internal dissent is in a different league to that of countries like Saudi Arabia and Cuba.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s son was paid more than €22,900 a year for five years by a company under investigation in the UN’s Iraq oil-for-food programme corruption probe.