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Thursday, October 20th, 2005

Secretariat’s whistle-blower reforms are 16 months overdue

In a disturbing sign of the UN Secretariat’s inability to implement even uncontroversial measures, the UN still hasn’t taken steps to protect staffers who accuse superiors of misconduct, 16 months after a commitment by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to “develop measures to reinforce formal protection for whistle-blowers” (see article). more