Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

United Nations Development Program: A Case Study Of North Korea

Date: January 24, 2008
Time: 10:00am
Location: Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Agenda:

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations’ held a hearing on January 24, 2008 entitled,  “United Nations Development Program: A Case Study Of North Korea.” In early 2007, reports surfaced of significant management failures in the operations of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in North Korea. Several months later, the UNDP took the unprecedented step of suspending its North Korean operations. The Subcommittee’s January 24th hearing examined UNDP operations in North Korea, reviewing such issues as inappropriate staffing, inadequate administrative and fiscal controls, inaccessible audits and insufficient whistleblower safeguards.

In conjunction with this hearing, the Subcommittee Staff issued a report entitled, “United Nations Development Program: A Case Study of North Korea.”  The Report is available via the link located at the top left corner of this webpage. 

Witnesses

Panel 1

THE HONORABLE ZALMAY

KHALILZAD

United States Ambassador to the United Nations

Panel 1

THE HONORABLE MARK D.

WALLACE

United States Ambassador for United Nations Management and Reform

Panel 2

MR. THOMAS

MELITO

Director, International Affairs and Trade

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Panel 3

MR. FREDERICK

TIPSON

Director, Liaison Office

United Nations Development Program

Panel 3

MR. DAVID

LOCKWOOD

Deputy Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific

United Nations Development Program

Panel 3

MR. DAVID

MORRISON

Director of Communications

United Nations Development Program

Panel 3

MR. ROBERT

BENSON

Director

United Nations Ethics Office

Related Links

Printed Hearing Record