Mr Hutton proposes a system of non-executive governance to keep the self-regard of bureaucrats in check, and the appointment of a representative employee to new remuneration committees.

ECONOMIST: Public-sector pay

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today announced the appointment of Takahisa Kawakami of Japan as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law, United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT).

UN: Secretary-General

Mr Farage had been strongly critical of the appointment of Cathy Ashton as the EU's High Representative for foreign affairs, who he described as having "married well" and "risen without trace".

BBC: European Council Statement

According to a 2005 Senate subcommittee report, Picco provided his services on a number of occasions from 1997 to 2003--overlapping with his Dialogue appointment as a U.N. special representative and undersecretary-general--as a consultant on Oil-for-Food to Bayoil, a company owned by Houston oil man David Chalmers.

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