AUDITORS CLEAR DRUG CZAR

A team of British auditors for the United Nations has cleared Pino
Arlacchi, the head of the organization's anti-narcotics office, of
charges of impropriety made by a former associate and some politicians
in Europe. But the report faulted his office, the United Nations Drug
Control Program, in Vienna, for some lapses in recruitment procedures
and handling of travel expenses, as well as overambitious programs begun
before money was available to see them through. Two other reports on his
office are due in coming weeks from the United Nations inspector
general's office.