The Swedish born Inga-Britt Monica Stigsdotter Ahlenius, the Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), has openly challenged the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, accusing him of incompetence and lack of leadership, sources at the United Nations tell AfroAmerica.
In an internal damning memo, the outgoing Ms. Inga-Britt Monica Stigsdotter Ahlenius accuses her soon to be ex-boss of being aloof, backstabbing her, and undermining the functioning of the United Nations bodies.
Ms. Ahlenius has a long and extensive background in audit and public service. Between 1968 and 1993 she held various posts at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of Finance in Sweden, including as head of the Budget Department from 1987. Between, 1993 and 2003, she served as Auditor General of the Swedish National Audit Office, before being the UN Auditor General on Kosovo, with the proposition and the backing of the United States.
On July 14, 2005 she was appointed as Under-Secretary-General for United Nations Internal Oversight Services for a five-year term.
Since 1993 she has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.
The open attack to the leadership of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon follows another serious controversy involving the UN Secretary General. On July 15, 2010 the Rwandan dictator General Paul Kagame, appointed by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon to co-chair the Millennium Development Goals initiative along with the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Zapatero was shunned publicly, following widespread protests by the Spanish NGOs, political organizations and families of Spanish missionaries allegedly assassinated by General Paul Kagame and his officers (see our article “IS MDG STILL BORN?”)
The succession of the controversies may put pressure on Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and further weaken the UN.
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