BBC journalist James Bone writes in the Wall Street Journal about a run-in he had with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and the simple question over a Mercedes purchased by Annan’s son Kojo:
The cause of Mr. Annan's ire was a question I put to him about a Mercedes car that his son Kojo had imported into Ghana (and which cannot, now, be traced). The facts indicate that Kojo had bought the car in his father's name, thereby obtaining a diplomatic discount and a tax exemption totaling more than $20,000. The question about the car--to which Mr. Annan again refused to give a satisfactory answer--is part of the wider probe into his role in the U.N.'s Oil for Food scandal. Despite months of investigation, important questions about the integrity of public officials remain unanswered. If we are serious about U.N. reform--as Mr. Annan claims to be--they must be resolved.IIRC, the reason the United States refused to allow another term for Boutros-Boutros Ghali is he was thought to be unwilling to take necessary steps to reform the United Nations. In exchange, we now have Kofi Annan’s U.N. and the multi-billion dollar scandal of Oil-for-Food.
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