US Investigating UN Violations Of Own Sanctions On Iran And North Korea

U.S. Probes Shipment Of High-Tech Gear To Iran And North Korea By U.N. Agency -- Daily Mail

The United States said on Wednesday it was reviewing a U.N. agency's dealings with Iran and North Korea after documents showed the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) had supplied high-tech equipment to the countries despite the sanctions against them.

The Geneva-based WIPO, a 185-member body that includes Iran, sent 20 Hewlett-Packard Compaq desktop computers to Iranian authorities, according to correspondence between WIPO and the Iranian agency dealing with intellectual property, dated August 2010.

The agency also sent sophisticated computers and data-storage servers to North Korea.

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More News On The UN Supplying High-Tech Equipment To Iran And North Korea

State Department investigating UN agency for computer shipments to Iran and North Korea -- FOX News
US probes shipment of high-tech gear to Iran, N. Korea by U.N. agency -- MSNBC
U.S. "reviewing" U.N. agency over IT supplies to Iran -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
US scrutiny of UN aid to Iran, NKorea prods UN agency to tighten procedures on sanctions -- Washington Post/AP
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US probes shipment of high-tech gear to Iran, N. Korea by U.N. agency -- MSNBC
U.S. "reviewing" U.N. agency over IT supplies to Iran -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
US scrutiny of UN aid to Iran, NKorea prods UN agency to tighten procedures on sanctions -- Washington Post/AP
U.S. Probes UN’s WIPO Over Projects With Sanctioned Iran -- Bloomberg
Is the UN sharing technology illegally with Iran? -- Digital Trends
UN defies own sanctions against Iran by sending computer gear -- Ars Technica

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