U.N. agrees to reinstate fired official (AP) Updated: 2005-11-16 01:06
The United Nations agreed Tuesday to reinstate the only
U.N. official who was fired over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, after an
internal appeals body ruled that he had done nothing wrong, his lawyer said.
![](xin_251102160107437286139.jpg) Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi pledged
the Indian government would take action against anyone found to be
involved in making money out of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Joseph Stephanides was advised of the decision in a letter received Tuesday
morning, said his lawyer, George Irving. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan still
believes that Stephanides, fired on May 31, violated staff rules in his handling
of an oil-for-food contract but agreed the punishment was too harsh, Irving
said.
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