VOL. XLVI

No 47

24-November-2003

IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

UN Closes Iraq Oil-For-Food Program, Transfers Responsibility To CPA

The United Nations on 21 November closed the Oil-For-Food Program, which has been responsible for administering the provision of food and other goods to Iraq under the UN sanctions regime, and transferred its responsibilities to the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq. The closure of the program was mandated in paragraph 16 of resolution 1483 which was adopted...