From AP: High-profile whistleblowers have joined forces for the first time in demanding that the United Nations change a global system they say deters its thousands of staffers from exposing crime, corruption and other wrongdoing.
In a letter sent to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday, nine current and former U.N. workers say current policies offer “little to no measure of real or meaningful protection” from retaliation that can include firing, harassment and intimidation.
Miranda Brown, the chief of the east and southern Africa section of the U.N. human rights office, said that within days of being called to testify in a major investigation of another U.N. agency where she had worked and alleged wrongdoing, she was told that her contract would not be renewed.
A copy of the letter (pdf) was obtained by Intellectual Property Watch. Note that the names have been removed.
See the full post on ABC News here: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/whistleblowers-protection-exposing-wrongdoing-30210170
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