Melkert and Dervis, caught again in one of the biggest scandals ever in United Nations, have ordered on Monday (12/17/07) that all those involved in the Contract Committee for BRSP and ACP to re-write the history and sign again all papers that they before had to endorse for the Herfkens case.
In a terror day at UNDP, Dervis and Melkert, in a climate of fear, individual persecution and intimidation, demanded that those UNDP staff who were present at the Contract Award Committee for BRSP (bureau for resources and strategic partnership) and PSO-ACP (procurement services) - RE-WRITE THE HISTORY about:
ACP case: ACP/07/0763 (Waiver)
Contract Award: US$ 225,750.00 (Part-Time SSA)
Contractor Name: Eva Leonie Herfkens (Eveline Herfkens)
UNDP staff at Headquarters can finally understand the truth behind the disappearance of all ACP online and the waivers of competitive bids from UNDP Intranet. Dervis and Melkert were burning and destroying all their traces of their corruption. 1.5 Billion dollars worth of WAIVERS of competitive bids, like the one of EVELINE -will never be made public anymore.
The stupidity of Kemal Dervis and Ad Melkert reached new levels by lunch time, with restricting access to ACP to the head of Procurement Services - Mr. James Provenzano. Provenzano, who was earlier this year demoted from head of legal and procurement - for standing on ethics grounds and insisting on an independent Ethics Office, found on Monday that he himself had no rights to view cases, and in particular the ACP/07/0763 had disappear from the screen of his computer. Poor James now he has to ask Krishan Batra's password to access the system.
But what can James - a talented lawyer do ? Even UNDP's Staff Council, is no where to be found and cannot stand for the truth, values and protect UNDP staff from this type of humiliation and terror tactics.
But Dervis and Melkert forget that the staff at UNDP has had enough of them and other corrupt managers.
Today thanks to honest staff at BRSP, UNDP Watch obtained another document showing that Ms. Herfkens has been awarded a 12 months contract, from July 2007 - until - July 2008, without any competitive bid or advertising the position. On a post-factum, against all rules and internal processes, only because she has a "special relation" with Ad Melkert, she is awarded this contract.
Eveline's story is only one among the billions of dollars thrown away from mismanagement, abuse of power and corruption at UNDP.
How can we help the poor - with this multi-millionaires inside the UNDP?
Being now an American resident alien, the UNDP Watch call on the United States Government to subpoena Ms. Eveline Herfkens, in her capacity of US Green-Card (resident alien), as well as to subpoena all those American Citizens inside UNDP and initiate an investigation on how all this happened. Who facilitated the immigration paperwork for Eva Leonie Herfkens and what for ? Who knew what and when ? Did she paid tax-es for the US while working at the UN ?
Ms. Eveline Herfkens has lied under contract with the United Nations:
1. as ALD she started the process of her US Green-Card and for more than a year she kept it secret from United Nations the fact that she was in the process of altering her nationality from Dutch - to - American. The UN rules strictly prohibit the hiring of any green-card holders in the United States as a staff or under permanent contract. Only when she got the green-card and was sure that she was a US permanent resident - she disclosed to UNDP (in late March 2007).
2. she kept a GOLD ID with high level security access, eventhough she was in a contract which doesn't allow her to have one.
3. from March 2007 until now she has been venturing and showing herself as a UN High representative, when her contractual status doesn't permit her to neither represent nor speak on behalf of the United Nations, let alone get close to world leaders. She has worked part-time, and even less than part-time - to be remunerated at full time fee of US$ 225,000.
But all this is happening because United Nations have no CEO. No leadership. Ban Ki Moon instead of focusing in enforcing UN rules and regulations within & including UN funds and programmes, has declared that he is not interested in doing that.
One questions where is USUN on this ? How can simple UN staff trust the campaign on transparency and accountability of the United States Mission to the UN, when they turn their heads the other way on a quarter of a million dollars ?
1 comment:
If this was a public company, this type of nepotism will never happen. This shows that these politicos cum diplomats have never worked in the private sector - always on the dimes of the tax payers and they think that they are entitled to such largesse.
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