The United Nations on Tuesday demanded for the first time that its senior managers disclose their assets in an effort to fight corruption - or lose their jobs. DPA reported The corruption, first identified in the investigation of the U.N.- led oil-for-food scheme in Iraq, has sullied the U.N.'s reputation. Officials on Tuesday also referred to diversion of millions of dollars in the U.N. Kosovo operations, and to possible misuse of funds intended for torture victims at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Geneva. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the change in staff regulations applies to personnel with the rank of director and above. The change applies to hundreds of office managers and U.N. assistants- and undersecretaries-general. "As part of the continuing effort to increase accountability of U.N. staff and ascertain potential conflict of interest, the new rules will call for financial disclosure forms," Dujarric said. ---SP 2302 Local Time 2002 GMT
