Dipping My Toes Into Politics: Annan `Surprised' by Son's Connection to Oil-for-Food Scandal

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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Annan `Surprised' by Son's Connection to Oil-for-Food Scandal

Annan `Surprised' by Son's Connection to Oil-for-Food Scandal
November 30, 2004

UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Monday he was "surprised and disappointed" by revelations that his son received payments until this year from a Swiss company that won a lucrative contract under the United Nations' scandal-ridden Iraqi oil-for-food program.

Annan confirmed news reports that his son, Kojo, 29, received $2,500 a month over four years from Cotecna Inspection SA, totaling $125,000.

Cotecna--and Annan--previously had claimed that Annan's son stopped working for the company in 1998. The company later said it had paid him a monthly stipend through 1999 to keep him from working for competitors and that he never worked on a project related to Iraq.