The secretary-general is encouraged that the new Parliament will be broadly representative of Iraq's diverse communities and will include a substantial percentage of women.
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There is an audit being done of peacekeeping department management. As a result of that audit, which also took a look at the procurement department ... we have put eight staff members on special leave with pay.
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He already accepted responsibility for management failures in the Secretariat. He also notes that the latest report confirms the committee's earlier finding that the respective roles and responsibilities of the Secretariat, the Security Council and the 661 Committee -- which approved all of the contracts, including the prices -- were never clearly enough defined, ... Most importantly, the secretary-general believes that thorough reform of the management structures and practices of the United Nations, especially those that relate to oversight, transparency and accountability, is vital.
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One of the peacekeepers was reportedly killed on the spot. The other two were taken to hospital where one of them died of his wounds shortly after.
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There is clearly a sense of urgency, the clock continues to tick, the negotiators, I think, have left things perilously late in the light of the date of the summit, which was announced well in advance and Annan is concerned the work might not be done.
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