Two prominent recent critics of the U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon harbored acrimonious feelings against Ban as they both were dissatisfied with the U.N. chief’s personnel appointments, which didn’t reflect their wishes, Yonhap News Agency said on Saturday.
Inga-Britt Ahlenius, a 72-year-old Swedish U.N. auditor, recently stepped down. She wrote a 50-page memo, accusing Ban of trying to interfere in work of her office and also blocking her ability to hire her own staff.
Last year, Norway's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Mona Juul blasted Ban, saying, the U.N. was “falling apart” under Ban.
Juul also accused Ban of undermining her efforts and of an “absence of strategic guidance and leadership.”
Juul began to harbor dissent against Ban when her wish to be appointed on a political post at the U.N. was not granted, Yonhap said.
Ahlenius’s act was also seen as a revenge against Ban after her request to appoint a person close to her in her audit team was not honored, it said.
In addition, they also have in common in that both turned to the media, by leaking their memos, to make their complaints known to the public, it said.