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23 Jan 2007
An external audit is to be conducted of the UN Development Program in North Korea after the US alleged it had funneled millions of dollars into its despotic leader, Kim Jong Il's regime.
A spokesperson for UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said the audit would initially focus on UNDP spending in North Korea and would then be expanded to other UN agencies.
It is to be carried out by UN’s Board of Auditors, which is comprised of accountants from eight UN members.
The announcement came after US deputy ambassador Mark Wallace alleged that the UNDP's North Korea operation had been run ‘in blatant violation of UN rules’ for years.
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