• Annan Summons UN Council on Probe Into Iraq Scandal -- (March 25, 2004) Secretary General Kofi Annan sent a letter to the UN Security Council detailing the scope of the investigation into corruption allegations against UN officials and outside firms administering the Oil-for-Food programme. The probe will determine whether UN personnel engaged in “any illicit or corrupt activities” and if UN program accounts were in order. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 221 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Annan to Probe UN Oil-for-Food Corruption Allegations -- (March 23, 2004) Allegations of corruption involving UN staff, including Executive Director of the UN Iraq Programme, Benon Sevan prompted Secretary General Kofi Annan to request the Security Council approve launching an independent investigation into alleged diversions of $10 billion from the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme by the Saddam Hussein government. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 140 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Carnival of Corruption -- With United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan finally conceding the need for an independent investigation of the U.N.'s 1996-2003 Oil-for-Food program in Iraq, the next question is how investigators might begin to get a grip on the U.N.'s central role in this huge scandal. (Added: 18-May-2004 Hits: 201 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Dealing with Saddam's Regime -- (April 7, 2004) An investigation by Il Sole and the Financial Times describes how Saddam Hussein’s regime profited from illegal oil sales to foreign companies, focusing in particular on Iraq’s dealings with Italian firm Italtech and its ability to maneuver around the UN. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 84 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Delays to Oil-for-Food Inquiry Are 'Politically Motivated' -- (May 1, 2004) London-based banker Claude Hankes-Drielsma, in charge of monitoring the Iraq Oil-for-Food program inquiry, accused CPA Chief Paul Bremer of hampering the investigation by refusing to pay the auditing firm conducting the probe. Investigators worry that the delay “is making it easier for those involved to destroy incriminating evidence.” (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 81 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Follow-Up to Kofigate -- (March 29, 2004) William Safire alleges that the France and Russia are delaying a UN Security Council approval of an independent investigation into the oil-for-food corruption allegations. Safire contends that the French and Russian governments condoned “kickbacks” to gain Iraqi contracts. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 81 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• FOOD FOR OIL SCANDAL COULD SPELL END FOR U.N. -- One of my sources has just advised me that the ever developing Oil for Food scandal in the United Nations could lead to the withdrawal of both the United States and Britain from the United Nations. (Added: 13-May-2004 Hits: 155 Rating: 1.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Former Oil-for-Food Director Criticizes Security Council -- (June 1, 2004) In an e-mail sent to UN officials, former Executive Director of the Office of Iraq Programs Benon V. Sevan defended the Oil-for-Food programme, claiming that Security Council members “prevented him from effectively administering the multibillion-dollar-a-year program.” Sevan contends that “member states were ignoring the widespread complaints about kickbacks and payoffs by Saddam Hussein's government so that their companies could continue being part of the lucrative program.” (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 74 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Kofi's Cover Up -- Despite U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's promises to fully investigate the scandal in the Oil for Food program, United Nations officials have been doing their level best to conceal information from investigators and the public. (Added: 21-May-2004 Hits: 97 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Oil for Food, Money for Kofi -- IT'S HUGE, OPAQUE, PERVERSE, run by the United Nations, and about the last thing a postwar Iraq will need. But after a short pause, the Oil-for-Food program is with us once again, revived last week at the urging of France, and with the backing of President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair. (Added: 17-May-2004 Hits: 102 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Oil-for-fraud -- A scandal surrounding the UN’s former oil-for-food programme in Iraq has begun to heat up, just as the Bush administration is approaching the UN to take a greater role in the country. (Added: 13-May-2004 Hits: 100 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• The UN's Oil for Fools Program -- Oil is not just fuel for your car. It is a mighty political weapon. The latest revelations that the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein used oil sales under the U.N. oil-for-food program to buy friends and influence policy around the world should turn on an alarm in Washington, New York, Paris and other capitals. (Added: 18-May-2004 Hits: 87 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• The United Nations Oil for Food Fraud: How the U.S. Should Respond -- There is mounting evidence that the UN Oil for Food program, originally conceived as a means of providing humanitarian aid to the Iraqi people, was subverted by Saddam Hussein’s regime and manipulated to help prop up the Iraqi dictator. Saddam’s dictatorship was able to siphon off an estimated ten billion dollars from the Oil for Food program, all under the noses of UN bureaucrats. (Added: 13-May-2004 Hits: 85 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• U.N. Lesson: Follow the Oil-for-Food Money -- "This is the tale of a bribe linked to the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. The bribe itself, paid to Saddam Hussein's regime, first made the news in late 2002. What got no attention at the time, however, was just how odd a response it drew from the United Nations. There, it was treated as just another modest irregularity in oil-for-food — worthy of polite inquiry, but not the outrage and immediate expert investigation it deserved." (Added: 2-Jul-2004 Hits: 99 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• UN Gives Iraqi Development Coalition 2.6 Billion Dollars -- (January 1, 2004) The UN Oil-for-Food Programme turned over an additional $2.6 billion to the Fund for Development for Iraq. This is the forth and largest transfer. The Coalition has been unable to account for some of the previous transfers. (Added: 30-Jun-2004 Hits: 61 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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