MFA Spokesman's Comments on the vindication of Mr Dileep Nair, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services

On the vindication of Mr Dileep Nair, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, the MFA Spokesman said:

"More than 18 months ago, the Secretary General of the United Nations had written to Mr Dileep Nair, informing him that an earlier investigation had completely exonerated him of any wrongdoing, and expressing "every confidence that the good work of OIOS (Office of Internal Oversight Services) under your (Mr Nair's) leadership will continue".

It was therefore never clear why the Secretary-General saw a need to re-open the investigation into Mr Nair. More than a year later, the findings by Mr Jerome Ackerman and Mr John Vanderstar, who conducted this second investigation, have only confirmed that re-opening of the enquiry was unwarranted. The Findings of Mr Ackerman and Mr Vanderstar have vindicated Mr Nair and cleared him once again of any wrongdoing.

The full report of the investigation undertaken by Mr Ackerman and Mr Vanderstar has been made public by the UN. Attached are scanned copies of the last four pages of the Report, namely: (a) Letter from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Mr Nair; (b) Letter from Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to the President of the UN Staff Union; and (c) Statement Attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General."

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
1 JUNE 2006

Enclosed:

a) Letter from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Mr Nair [filesize:11kb]

b) Letter from Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to the President of the UN Staff Union [filesize:21kb]

c) Statement Attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General [filesize:18kb]