VOL. XLVII

No 17

26-April-2004

IRAQ

UN, Congress And IGC Investigate Oil-For-Food Program; CPA Also Being Questioned

The UN Security Council passed on 21 April a resolution approving an independent investigation into allegations of corruption in the UNs oil-for-food program, which ran from December 1966 to 1Q 2003. It is alleged the program, which was meant to provide the Iraqi people with humanitarian aid within the context of international sanctions, was abused in the form of kick-backs to the...