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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 18:21 UTC

Tag: Travel expenses

  • Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

    UN Environment chief resigned (sacked) over global travel expenses

    A draft internal U.N. audit found Solheim had spent almost US$ 500,000 on air travel and hotels in 22 months, and was away from Nairobi base 80% of the time

    U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim resigned following widespread criticism of his excessive expenses on official global travel. The former Norwegian diplomat, politician and environment minister announced on the U.N. Environment Program's website that he would step down on Thursday after receiving the final report of the audit of his official travel by the U.N.'s internal watchdog on Saturday.