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Dileep Nair was the
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services and head of the
United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services. In that capacity, he oversaw investigations of wrong doings related to the United Nations in a range of countries including within the headquarters. The Oil-for-food scandal was initially investigated by Dileep Nair's office before turning it over to the investigating body headed by former
United States Federal Reserve Chairman,
Paul Volcker.
Nair completed a
bachelor's degree in
mechanical engineering from
McGill University in
Montreal in 1973. From
1974, he worked in Singapore's
Housing and Development Board. And in 1979, he joined the Administrative Service, working in the Ministry of Finance. During his time in the finance ministry, he earned a Master's degree in
public administration from the
Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University in the
United States.
In 1986, Nair rose to the post of Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry where he was involved in the Uruguay Round of
GATT negotiations, as well as with the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). From 1989 to
1997, Nair was Singapore's Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. In 1997, he left the civil service to become the CEO of the
Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore; the bank was acquired in 1998 by the
Development Bank of Singapore and Nair stayed on as DBS's Managing Director.
Nair was appointed to a five-year term as
United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services on
24 April 2000, succeeding
Karl Paschke in that position. In 2000, he wanted to determine vulnerability of the
United Nation's
Oil-for-Food Programme for
Iraq.
Benon Sevan, the head of the programme, along with UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette, rejected any such investigation, claiming that it would be too expensive to be worthwhile.
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In 2004, Nair was investigated for unspecified internal accusations of
graft and
sexual harassment against female staff; on
November 17,
2004, Secretary General
Kofi Annan accepted a report clearing Nair of the charges. Annan's acceptance of the report prompted the UN staff union to call a vote of
no confidence and withdraw support from Annan. Nair relinquished his post upon expiration of his five year contract and returned to his native Singapore on
23 April 2005.
He has since been appointed the Singapore
Consul General in the emirate of
Dubai.
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