The United Nations is investigating that the former head of the organization received a $ 1.3 million bribe

The United Nations' Internal Investigation Office has uncovered irregularities linked to allegations of bribery accused by the former UN General Assembly president. Sky News reported that the office issued a confidential 21-page report that monitors the results of the investigation ordered by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, after accusations leveled against John Ashe, President of the General Assembly in 2013-2014, and 6 other officials of the organization. The report gave the United Nations in general a score of "partially sick", but it detected a "significant defect" in the way the organization and its employees interacted with non-governmental organizations and employees elsewhere in the world. The investigation, which began last October, showed that Ashe, who is from Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean region, received a $ 1.3 million bribe from Chinese businessmen, including a real estate mogul who was seeking to build a United Nations headquarters in Macao. This is the largest corruption case affecting the United Nations after the "oil for food" scandal, which occurred during Kofi Annan's tenure as Secretary-General, and the issue prompted United Nations officials and diplomats to emphasize the need to uphold the principle of transparency in the organization. the seventh day

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