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August 08, 2005

Sevan Quits

The former head of the United Nations Oil-for-Food program has quit and in his resignation letter, blames Kofi Annan for allowing him to become a target of the investigation.

"As I predicted, a high-profile investigative body invested with absolute power would feel compelled to target someone and that someone turned out to be me," Sevan wrote in the letter. "The charges are false, and you, who have known me for all these years, should know that they are false."

The resignation is largely symbolic because the U.N. was paying Sevan just $1 a year to keep him on payroll so he would cooperate with the committee. But it removes his diplomatic immunity and could leave him open to prosecution; Sevan, a Cypriot citizen believed to be in Nicosia, is also being investigated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.

Now that Sevan no longer has diplomatic immunity and is both subject to prosecution and angry at Annan, now would be the perfect time to see if he'll turn on his former UN bosses.

Or have I just been watching too much "Law and Order" lately?

Maybe. Still, it would be great to see Jerry Orbach slap the cuffs on Sevan while quipping, "Well, Sevan, not much of a savant, are you?" Hey, a guy can dream.

Posted by slublog at August 8, 2005 09:42 AM

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