Oil-for-food: UN staff man sacked

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan fired staff member Joseph Stephanides for wrongdoing in the oil-for-food scandal, a UN spokesman said today – the first dismissal stemming from alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar programme.

Oil-for-food: UN staff man sacked
Wed, 01 Jun, 2005 - 20:04

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan fired staff member Joseph Stephanides for wrongdoing in the oil-for-food scandal, a UN spokesman said today – the first dismissal stemming from alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar programme.

Annan concluded Stephanides, of Cyprus, committed ”serious misconduct,” UN associate spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

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