CNN: Annan's son: Probe 'a witchhunt'

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LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- Kojo Annan, the son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, says he had no involvement in the troubled Iraqi oil-for-food program that has drawn both men into multiple investigations.

Kojo Annan, in his first public comment on the subject, told CNN in a written statement: "I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations."

Annan, 31, who lives in Lagos, once worked for Cotecna, a Switzerland-based company that inspects commercial freight shipments. It employs 4,000 people in 100 countries.

The United Nations hired the firm in 1998 to verify paperwork on imports purchased by Iraq with revenues from its limited oil exports permitted while international economic sanctions were in effect, stemming from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

more: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/13/un.annan.kojo/index.html

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