U.N. "Falling Apart" Under Ban Ki - Moon - Ex - Official -- New York Times/Reuters

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The former head of the United Nations' internal oversight office has accused U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of poor leadership, saying that the world body was "falling apart" and becoming irrelevant.

The latest criticism of Ban's performance at the helm of the United Nations, first reported by the Washington Post on Tuesday, comes as his aides weigh the former South Korean foreign minister's prospects for a possible second term.