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US Environment Chief Erik Solheim has resigned following widespread allegations of excessive spending on official international travel.
The former Norwegian diplomat and environment minister announced Tuesday on the website of the United States Environment Program that he had received the final report of the audit. of his official trip made by the US Government's internal watchdog and that he was retiring on Thursday.
The conclusions of the audit were not disclosed. The British Guardian newspaper reported in September that a US internal audit project had revealed that Solheim had spent close to $ 500,000 on air travel and hotels in just 22 months and that it was $ 25,000. was absent 80% of the time.
US spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary general, Antonio Guterres, had accepted Solheim's resignation and acknowledged his "leading voice in bringing the world's attention to critical environmental challenges."
