UN Oil-for-Food inquiry interim report [IIC]

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UN Oil-for-Food inquiry interim report [IIC]

Bernard Hibbitts

February 3, 2005 03:39:00 pm

Interim Report, Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Program, February 3, 2005 [concluding, among other things, that the conduct of program head Benon Sevan in soliciting oil deals was "ethically improper and seriously undermined the integrity of the United Nations"]. Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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