United Nations headquarters in New York. (Reuters)
U.N. Investigation Of Computer Shipment To North Korea Looks To Be Much Less Than Thorough -- FOX News
The United Nations agency that shipped American-made computers and sophisticated servers to North Korea is now attempting to avoid a thorough investigation that includes why the goods were shipped without either notifying United Nations sanctions committees that are trying to block the country’s nuclear weapons program, or the U.S. government.
The probe, announced on Aug. 9 by the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO, was advertised at the time as a “full independent external inquiry” to determine whether WIPO acted in violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea, which continues to ignore worldwide demands that it curtail its quest for a deliverable nuclear bomb. The shipment by WIPO of Hewlett Packard computers and servers to North Korea was first reported by Fox News.
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My Comment: One of the many hats that I had to wear in my life includes working for security at the UN's ICAO office in Montreal. One thing that I learned very quickly in that job is the "CYA" (cover your ass) syndrome and culture at the organization. What we are witnessing now is CYA in full display.
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