U.N.
- Log in to post new content in the forum.
FAO's flamboyant CIO honcho "bows out"
ROME - Controversial FAO CIO division chief Florentin "Dracula" Albu has bowed out of the UN agency after apparently agreeing to reject an extension of his contract, FAO sources said.
Australia, after Insider scoop, shuns IFAD
ROME –After Australian MPs read the Italian Insider story on Kanayo Nwanze’s lavish lifestlye, Australia has formally told IFAD's director general it will not re-join the UN agency, officials said.
Letters: From an FAO staffer in the field
Enea technician hanging in baby call girl mystery
Graziano’s budget fiasco "paralyses FAO"
ROME –Despite the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation being five months into the new year, many units still have no idea what their budget is, FAO sources say.
Syrian rebels reject Quirico kidnap claim
REYHANLI, Turkey –Following his 152-day kidnap last year, reporter Domenico Quirico blamed a rebel unit previously known for helping journalists -The Free Syrian Army-aligned Farouq Brigades has m
UN agencies "baby squillo" riddle deepens
ROME – UN food agencies strongly deny Italian media reports that staff are being investigated for exploiting under-age call girls -but judicial sources identified at least one U.N.
Comment: Our planet’s future is in the hands of 58 people
Pope's Easter appeal against hunger, war
FAO Expo revelations spawn "witch hunt"
ROME– Colleagues of Mario Lubetkin have launched a “witch hunt” to find the source of leaks about his alleged fast-track hire to head the FAO communications division, IPS sources say.
IFAD croneyism ends Kumbaya euphoria
ROME –IFAD staff held hands singing Kumbaya recently but Director General Kanayo Nwanze has ended the euphoria by hiring a new Budget Director from his native Nigeria, UN sources say.
FAO struggles to contain nepotism scandal
ROME–The FAO faces staff fury at the brazen rigging in appointing its Latin American communications officer, spurning qualified women to hire Juan Toha, nephew of Chile’s Socialist leader, FAO sour
FAO chief “vandalised elevator doors”
ROME – Poverty buster José Graziano da Silva surprised neighbours the other day when he kicked in the doors of the elevator in his smart apartment block on the Aventino hill, FAO sources say.
Poverty buster's alias with "baby squillo"
ROME – A staffer at a United Nations food agency used an alias to cover his tracks when arranging liaisons with under age call girls in the Eternal City, judicial sources say.
Ex FAO chief Diouf "under house arrest"
ROME– Former FAO chief Jacques Diouf is being held under house arrest in his native Senegal following a tiff with Senegalese President Macky Sall, diplomatic sources say.
UN blitz on "gas for sex," tobacco barter
Top FAO hire "bypasses UN process"
ROME – Chilean Samuel Varas, an associate of FAO DG Jose da Silva Graziano, has been hired as interim IT chief operating officer at the agency, bypassing normal UN procedures, FAO sources say.
IFAD denies staff in "baby call girl" racket
ROME -- IFAD has vowed to cooperate with authorities investigating alleged involvement by United Nations Rome staff in a "baby call girl" racket rocking Italy's establishment.
Argentinian mogul to buy "privatised" IPS
ROME–Inter Press Service news agency (IPS) will be privatised and sold to former Argentine former Interior Minister Jose Luis Manzano under plans by former DG Mario Lubetkin, IPS sources say.
FAO, IFAD staff “paid baby call girls”
ROME --Senior “functionaries” of the FAO and IFAD were among clients of the under age prostitution racket used by Alessandra Mussolini’s husband in Rome, police sources said Monday.
FAO honchos sue Italian Insider
ROME—Three FAO executives have denounced Italian Insider to the Italian judiciary for alleged defamation in an evident attempt to prevent coverage of dubious activities at the UN agency.
Letter: FAO media chief's conflicting Devnet interests
Dear Mr Phillips, I just would like to draw your attention to two conflicts of interest that the director of information, Mario Lubetkin, poses, to the general indifference of the FAO leadership:
FAO Budapest office "a dictatorship"
ROME– Demoralised Hungarian staff at FAO’s Budapest office feel they are “in a dictatorship” and one woman staffer tried to commit suicide by jumping from the UN agency’s building, FAO sources say.
Books: Waiting for Assad
ROME- Syria has long used inertia and stalling to their intended effect, and in the case of handing over its chemical weapons the regime seems to be continuing successfully in the same mold.