UN Ethics Office Fails to Help Whistleblower

A whistleblower that exposed the UN Development Program’s diversion of funds from African to European companies is not being given anti-retaliation protection from the UN Ethics Office.

This is another case of the UN stating that since the UNDP is a program of the UN, it is allowed to develop its own ethics rules, and therefore not subject to the jurisdiction of the UN Ethics Office or the whistleblower protections outlined in the UN's “Protection from retaliation for reporting misconduct and for cooperating with duly authorized audits and investigations” (ST/SGB/2005/21)” policy, which would offer protection. This change was heavily criticized by GAP last month.

-- Dylan Blaylock