American prosecutor suing UN chief Ban Ki-moon for discrimation
5th August 2010
I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked.
American Robert Appleton is seeking $1 million (£600,000) in damages and up to $500,000 in lost wages and benefits after he was denied a promotion on the grounds of gender and nationality.
An internal hiring panel selected Appleton from among about 70 applicants as the sole qualified and suitable candidate to serve as permanent head of the investigation division within the UN’s Office of Internal Services, or OIOS.
But Mr Ban insisted that all senior-level appointments to be chosen from among a field of three qualified candidates that reflect a degree of geographical diversity and include at least one woman.
Hey, ‘diversity’ requires rampant discrimination (as opposed to the rampant corruption that they already have). Deal.