UN Staff Union Votes 'No Confidence' in Annan

Thalif Deen in the Albion Monitor

Last November, the staff union voted on a "no confidence" motion against senior management but spared [Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi] Annan. "We not only have confidence in him (Annan), we support him fully," Staff Union President Rosemary Waters was quoted as saying in November. ...

But since then, there has been a dramatic change, with an overwhelming majority of staffers lined up against Annan and his reform proposals.