Victory Nr.#3: Akiko Yuge cancels the 4.8 Million $ contract on IP-PBX

another major victory was achieved today thanks to UNDP Watch and all those staffers who helped identifying and halting this major corruption.

Today Akiko Yuge cancelled her previous approval of the above contract and sent it back to OIST for them to re-evaluate and make an open bid for the new IP-PBX.

Meanwhile Mr. Fridakis of OIST continue to clean-up the UNDP systems and install "big-brother software" everywhere. Mr. Fridakis forgets that in UNDP everything should be public and not hiden. All our finances generates from tax-payers money (member states) who have the constitutional right to demand where and how UNDP spend them. Mr. Fridakis should know that the same software that he is installing is watching himself too.

We would like to call on all UNDP staff world wide - to abandon the UNDP Global Survey. Fridakis and "friends" have installed a software that identifies the originator of all "comments". This is not the way to win the trust of staff in the "system". We need a real, transparent, independent Global Staff Survey system that is neither watched or "managed" from Fridakis and "friends".

Member states give us money to feed and help the poor, assist countries in transition make a difference in the lives of millions out there. Instead we are spending millions to build high-tech fortresses - as if we deal with drugs, arms and illegal sex trafficking. Do we ?

How can G77, ECOSOC, ACABQ, 5th Committee etc - allow that UNDP spends un-certified and unapproved funds into un-certified and un-planed activities ? Instead we should be spending this money on how to make our systems more transparent and user friendly - in order to ensure proper access to credit, funds and programmes for the poor. Fridakis is trying to cover his failure to produce a low-tech site which can be easily accessed from any country with poor Internet speeds. UNDP should focus more on how to bring our message beyond the capitals, to the villagers, to the border cities - make a real difference for the people.

Keep your files coming the only way to keep the High Priests accountable is to publish facts and real documents.

Let the member states and the public judge them.