UN head's son 'traded on his father's name'

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Report will clear the secretary-general of wrongdoing over the Iraq oil-for-food plan

Mark Townsend and Ned Temko
Sunday September 4, 2005
The Observer


The son of Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, tried several times to trade on his father's reputation, a damaging report into the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq will reveal this week.

However, sources who have seen the 1,000-page study said there would be no new 'smoking-gun' revelations or accusations of impropriety against the UN leader.

Instead, it will show how Kojo Annan, 31, tried to take advantage of his family connections. One example concerns Kojo's attempt to get a discount on a car purchase in Ghana.

However the long-awaited report by the independent commission set up to investigate the scandal-ridden oil-for-food programme will criticise the UN leader for a series of management failures.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1562309,00.html

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