Global Security, Privacy, & Risk Management

“Do as I say..not as I do”- UN Sends Restricted Computer Equipment to Iran and North Korea July 5, 2012

In yet another shocking revelation of questionable actions within the United Nations, Foxnews reports that the US State Department is now investigating the shipment of sensitive computer and other equipment to Iran and North Korea by way of an obscure UN department.  The United Nations has prohibitions against sending such sensitive equipment to both countries as the countries are trying to develop nuclear weapons.  According to the report, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), of which the US is a member, sent computers and other technology to both countries.  The US State department was unaware of the shipment and, according to a top US official,  it now appears that “”official at the U.N. agency, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO, “has not yet been fully open” to the inquiries…””