UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A key investigator of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq said on Tuesday there was "absolutely" no evidence that Secretary-General Kofi Annan had interfered in the awarding of a contract to a firm that employed his son.
But South African Judge Richard Goldstone said the inquiry was still investigating "vigorously" whether Annan had advance knowledge of the bid by the Swiss firm Cotecna Inspection S.A., which was awarded a lucrative contract in the humanitarian program for Iraq.