Extortion scheme at UNDP catapult Peri Lyn Johnson to the top of Legal pedestal

When Kemal Dervis came on board at UNDP from the Turkish government, one of the first actions he undertook (as a real Turk) was to revenge against all his Turkish adversaries. At about time when he came on board a Turkish company called TUZLA was hired from UNDP to clean-up the port of Basra from the remaining war wreckage. The Tuzla was represented from Mr. Oglu, a respectful Turkish businessman who happen to be as well a political adversary of Dervis back in his home country.

When TUZLA finished all work in Basra, they claimed their payments. But UNDP leadership denied them and dragged (to this day still) the right to get paid. All because Kemal Dervis didn’t want to pay his adversary. Some allege that Dervis is doing this because he wants Oglu to pay him a ransom for getting his payments. It’s a Turkish thing (it's a turkish thing don't get involved).

Anyhow this story is not about TUZLA, (we will come back to this one) but rather how Dervis manipulated the UNDP system and used (abused) staff in order to achieve his goal towards TUZLA.

At the time Dervis was looking how to block TUZLA’s payment the OLPS had already undergone thru extensive negotiations and arranged for final payments to be issued and the matter to be settled before going to arbitration. But Dervis wanted TUZLA not to get a penny. Therefore he ordered payments to stop. OLPS couldn’t stop. Angry with the then Director (Provenzano), Dervis takes all the files from him and appoints a junior officer at the time (Peri Lyn Johnson) to deal with the matter. Since Peri was from OLA, she was instructed to delay as much as she could the matter throwing it from OLPS (UNDP) to OLA (UN) in an endless discussion – only to please the High Priest – Dervis.

Dervis liked Peri’s subservient attitude and despite the fact that in the OLPS there were other staff senior to her (F.N) gave her full access to 21st floor, and made her personal legal advisor, bypassing all rules and regulations. Kemal Dervis and Peri don't give a damn that today the UNDP is paying out of their tax-payers contribution almost 400 Thousand Dollars for a private Legal Firm to represent UNDP in coming arbitrations with TUZLA. At the end UNDP will end up paying more - close to 5 times more than initial contract value. Some sick minded at UNDP even allege that this could be a scheme between Oglu and Dervis to raise up the price and make money out of UNDP once TUZLA get out of arbitration. But since no one looks inside UNDP - who gives a fuck !

When North Korea scandal broke in January 2007, he also used Peri instead of F.N (who was Legal HR). All this to justify his abrupt and unconstitutional decision to appoint Peri Johnson as Head of the newly constituted Legal Office in July 2007.

What is really strange is the fact that a so called lawyer like Peri Johnson, a proclaimed classmate of Barak Obama, allows herself to be used in an extortion scheme from Kemal Dervis.

Peri in 3 years jumps from P3-4 to L6. Even a Beatification process for becoming a saint takes at least 10 years. Maybe the Pope needs to talk to Dervis and get some lessons on how to fast track beatifications and cannonizations. Hopefully the newly appointed Ethics Officer Bhalla would look into this matter.

But who knows Peri – can testimony that she is not the person that will be used by others, rather the contrary. She is as mischievous as her boss Dervis. Just last week in order to get rid off of her old adversary in OLPS (F.N) she hired the wife of Head of Human Resources Ms. Rema Devi Purushothaman. (wife of Ramesh) Despite the fact that Ms. Rema Devi doesn’t have half of qualifications of (F.N), it doesn’t matter, Peri and Dervis have negotiated a deal - Ramesh takes F.N from Legal to Human Resources, and Peri takes Ramesh wives as her number 2 at Legal. So Peri's road to cannonization is clear now.


Ramesh be a man bro and tell your wife to get your last name - she might still qualify under spouse employement rules and regulations. Dont cheat the system, like Darshak Shah, you are definitely not as beautiful and shiny as Darshak is.



What a story - only at UNDP !