UN Delegate held in custody

Posted by Moonage on 11 Oct 2005 | Tagged as: International Issues

Speaking of the United Nations being almost completely useless:

Jean-Bernard Merimee, France’s former representative at the UN Security Council, was taken into custody by a judge investigating corruption linked to the Iraqi "oil-for-food" programme.

Merimee, 68, was being questioned over allegations he may have benefited from oil allocations granted under the programme by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein between 1996 and 2003.

Merimee was France’s UN ambassador from 1991 to 1995. He was then named ambassador to Italy, and from 1999 to 2002 he was a special adviser to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on European issues.

As is obvious, Merimee has quite a long history with Hussein and the UN.  What’s not so obvious is how he personally benefitted.  What is definitely obvious is the noose is getting tighter on Annan.

And the Smurfs, I’m sure, won’t come to his rescue.

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