UN calls British spying on Annan illegal

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UN calls British spying on Annan illegal
Thursday 26 February 2004

The United Nations has termed as illegal Britain's spying on its chief Kofi Annan in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.

"This is something which is not entirely surprising because we always have suspected that," said Andreas Nicklisch, deputy director of the UN's office in Brussels.

"It's illegal of course, but it's also unnecessary because we work in complete transparency and openness," he said.

The UN official was reacting to former minister Clare Short's revelation that Britain conducted spying operations on United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the run-up to last year's war on Iraq.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8AB4B6BF-AF6A-4E5B-AD7E-9C5E8B5C4498.htm