NO WRONGDOING BY FORMER U.N. DRUG CZAR

You have no right to damage my reputation by saying in your March 4
editorial, "Jose Serrano is a drug czar," that as the last U.N. drug czar I
"was widely accused of fraud and mismanagement." No one ever accused me of
fraud, and the U.N. external auditors, following an extensive investigation
of all accusations against me, cleared me of any wrongdoing.

After the conclusion of all probes, I have not been subject to any
disciplinary measures. Accusations against me have been largely anonymous,
and the underlying "facts" turned out to be invented, distorted or grossly
exaggerated. Anyone who reads without prejudice the publicly available
documents will come to this conclusion.

Pino Arlacchi

Vienna, Austria