Author: Paul A Volcker
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786735627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Despite its good intentions, mismanagement and corruption plagued the UN's Oil-for-Food Program: More than 2,200 companies paid 1.8 billion in illegal surcharges and kickbacks to the Iraqi regime The UN Security Council stood by as the Iraqi regime outright smuggled about 8.4 billion of oil during the Program years in violation of UN sanctions The Iraqi regime steered oil contracts for political advantage by giving rights to buy oil to dozens of global political figures sympathetic to Iraq's goal to loosen or overturn the UN sanctions The Iraqi regime provided Benon Sevan, the UN's chief administrator of the Program, with rights to buy more than 7 million barrels of oil UN-related humanitarian agencies collected tens of millions of dollars for costs they never incurred, and some built factories in Iraq that weren't needed or that never worked at all. Even UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was tainted by it But the whole story has never been told in one place.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422310410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations
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Category : Humanitarian assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations
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ISBN: 9780160746208
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Author: Robert C. Brown
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ISBN: 9781536136302
Category : Economic sanctions
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book was reprinted from a public document and records from the US Government. It is a collection of hearings that took place in Washington DC, by the House of Representatives on April 21st 2004. The subject of these hearings was the UN Oil-For-Food Program. As stated by Representative Christopher Shays, From its inception in 1996, the UNs Oil for Food Program was susceptible to political manipulation and financial corruption. Trusting Saddam Hussein to exercise sovereign control over billions of dollars of oil sales and commodity purchases invited the illicit premiums and kickback schemes now coming to light. What began as a temporary safety valve to meet humanitarian needs of the oppressed Iraqi people was allowed to become a permanent torrent of sanctions and profiteering. The potential benefits of the program are laid out in the book as well, including the fact that The Oil Food Program raised the national nutritional level of most Iraqis. This book examines the impacts and implications of the UN Oil for Food Program, its advantages and challenges and allows the reader(s) to make up their own mind with regards to whether the program was a success, or ultimately a failure.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
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Category : Economic sanctions, American
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Author: Joseph A. Christoff (au)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422307038
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 78
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In 1996, the UN Security Council & Iraq began the Oil for Food program to address Iraq's humanitarian situation after sanctions were imposed in 1990. More than $67 billion in oil revenue was obtained through the program, with $31 billion in humanitarian assistance delivered to Iraq. The 2005 Defense Authorization Act mandated that there be a review of the Oil for Food program. This report reviewed how the UN adhered to 5 key internal control standards in its stewardship of the program. This report assessed: (1) the program's control environment & (2) key elements of the other internal control standards. Also reports on the UN Compensation Commission's progress in paying reparations from Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Charts & tables.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 580
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