UN oil-for-food process 'tainted'
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The UN oil-for-food programme in Saddam Hussein's Iraq was "tainted", an inquiry report will say.
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GENEVA - The UN-ordered probe into oil-for-food corruption is being seriously hampered by an elaborate system of ghost firms set up around the world to cover the tracks of bribes to Saddam Hussein as he cheated the $60 billion program, a top investigator
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Two lawyers for U.N.  whistle-blowers urged the United Nations on Wednesday to  protect staffers who want to disclose corruption at the world  body, including the oil-for-food program for Iraq.
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Vivid allegations of widespread corruption at the U.N. oil-for-food program by the top U.S. arms inspector have added credibility to accusations the United Nations looked the other way while Saddam Hussein's government skimmed billions of dollars and offered kickbacks to European and Arab countries and officials.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan said on Tuesday corruption allegations in the Iraqi  oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations  but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday corruption allegations in the Iraqi oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat. To meet criticism in the Republican-dominated US Congress that the United Nations was withholding documents, Annan said a UN probe led by Paul Volcker, the former ...
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan was questioned twice last year by the commission  investigating the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, a U.N. spokesman  acknowledged on Tuesday.
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A probe into the U.N.  oil-for-food program for Iraq said the director of the  operation got oil allocations for a firm run by a friend, and  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to discipline him.
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New York (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Like an oil slick in the sea, the scandal related to the Oil-for-food (OFF) programme is getting bigger and bigger.
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The UN secretary general pledges to discipline officials after a damning report on oil-for-food corruption.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected on Tuesday calls by some US congressmen for his resignation over an alleged corruption scandal surrounding the UN-run Iraqi oil-for-food program.
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Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person's health.
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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 16 -- A United Nations-appointed investigator probing corruption in Iraq's oil-for-food program has rejected a request by a Senate committee to strip U.N. officials of their immunity so they can testify before Congress. The U.N. official agreed to release, at a time of his choosing, internal audits of the program and other confidential documents sought by Congress.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan has vowed to discipline the director of the former U.N.  oil-for-food program for Iraq after an investigation said he  obtained oil allocations for a firm run by a friend.
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During a year-end news conference on Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan admitted that allegations of corruption in the oil-for-food program have &quot;cast a shadow&quot; over that operation and the UN itself.
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Internal U.N. audits of the  Iraqi oil-for-food program found large contractors overcharging  the world body by several million dollars and said one U.N.  agency systematically mishandled funds in the field.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations diplomat who ran Iraq's "oil-for-food program" engaged in "ethically improper" behavior, and the program flouted the world body's financial and purchasing rules, a UN panel found in a preliminary report yesterday.