More scandal at the United Nations."Within half an hour I had found about 25 checks worth about $400,000 that had not gone to where they were supposed to go." Discoveries in 2003 by UN staff accountant Luckson Ngwira at the Geneva-based, UN-affiliated World Meteorological Organization World Meteorological Organization (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations; established in 1951 with headquarters at Geneva. It replaced the International Meteorological Organization, which was established in 1878. have led to further investigations. It is now believed that as much as $3 million has been embezzled em·bez·zle tr.v. em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling, em·bez·zles To take (money, for example) for one's own use in violation of a trust. by WHO employee Muhammad Muhammad, prophet of Islam Muhammad (məhăm`əd) [Arab.,=praised], 570?–632, the name of the Prophet of Islam, one of the great figures of history, b. Mecca. Hassan, who has disappeared. |
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