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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