A Journey Down the UN's Darkest Hallways

Published January 21, 2009

When Michael Soussan took his dream job at the United Nations in 1997, he was a young, idealistic graduate of Brown University who was intent on helping people. His position with the Oil-for-Food program, the largest humanitarian operation in the UN's history, gave him what he thought was an opportunity to do just that.

But he soon discovered that his task was complicated by the intense rivalries and bickering bureaucrats entrusted...

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