UN Oil Scam: Boutros-Ghali Involved?

South Korean businessman Tongsun Park, accused of trying to buy influence in Congress in the 1970s in what became known as the "Koreagate" scandals, is now being accused of taking bribes from Iraq in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal. The criminal complaint against Park last week also listed two unidentified UN officials, fueling speculation that one of them is former Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Several current and former U.N. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Boutros-Ghali was good friends with Park while he was secretary-general. One said they met during an Asian trip by the U.N. chief who served from 1992 to 1997, and several said they saw Park at U.N. headquarters in New York.

If true, it begs the question: when was the last time we had a UN Secretary General that was not corrupt?