not sure why it wasn't a bigger deal then
here's another article from 2003
"We knew all along that senior UN officials and diplomats were under constant surveillance," Jim Paul of the New York-based Global Policy Forum, told Inter Press Service. "But the existing surveillance has raised bugging to new levels," he added.
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer refused to offer any comments on the story at a news briefing in Washington. The newspaper quoted a memo from the National Security Agency (NSA) in Washington advising senior US intelligence officials to ferret out information not only on how delegates would vote on a second resolution but to seek out "negotiating positions" and "alliances" among Security Council members. The plan includes interception of email messages and bugging home and office telephones of diplomats whose countries are represented in the Security Council.
"The existence of the surveillance operation, understood to have been requested by President George W Bush's National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, is deeply embarrassing to the Americans in the middle of their efforts to win over the undecided delegations," the Observer noted.
A Third World diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Inter Press Service that delegates have always remained vulnerable to secret US surveillance. "The United States is known for its dirty tricks not just in this country but the world over," he said. "But what's happening now is a sign of desperation because the United States is in a relentless search for votes. I wouldn't be surprised if most member states are turned off by the sneaky US attempts to invade the privacy of their homes."
US takes bugging at the UN to 'new levels'
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC05Ak01.html