UN whistleblower seeks another post

United Nations whistleblower Andrew Thomson will find out by the end of the month whether he still has a future with the humanitarian agency - but reprieve could come earlier, as he has applied for another UN job.

New Zealand-born Dr Thomson, now living in New York, and two colleagues at the UN, last year wrote Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story from Hell on Earth.

The book chronicles their experiences during peacekeeping missions, telling of wild parties and bad behaviour, and accuses United Nations staffers of allowing genocide among other accusations.

After 12 years of good performance, Dr Thomson's contract was not renewed late last year, and the more senior post he sought was cancelled, apparently because too few people had applied.

The Joint Appeals Board voted to grant an extension of his contract to March 6.

This month, he appears before a different group which will make a recommendation to the organisation's top brass.

But Dr Thompson says the process might be rendered irrelevant - he is applying for the post that was earlier withdrawn.