[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 604]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, ``United Nations 
Development Program in North Korea: A Case Study.'' In early 2007, 
reports surfaced of significant management failures in the operations 
of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in North Korea. 
Several months later, the UNDP took the unprecedented step of 
suspending its North Korean operations. The Subcommittee's hearing will 
examine UNDP operations in North Korea, reviewing such issues as 
inappropriate staffing, inadequate administrative and fiscal controls, 
inaccessible audits and insufficient whistleblower safeguards. 
Witnesses for the upcoming hearing will include representatives of the 
Department of State and the Government Accountability Office. The 
Subcommittee will also receive a public briefing from representatives 
of the United Nations. A final witness list will be available Tuesday, 
January 22, 2008.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Thursday, January 24, 2008, 
at 10 a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at 224-9505.

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