Annan Suspends Oil-For-Food Program Chief
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan suspended the head of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq and a senior official who dealt with contracts, following an independent investigation that accused them of misconduct, a spokesman said Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 9 -- The Bush administration Thursday sought to end speculation that it has lost confidence in U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan over his handling of the oil-for-food program in Iraq, insisting that it does not support calls from some members of Congress for his resignation.
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The United Nations says its Secretary-General Kofi Annan is not to quit despite US charges of his involvement into possible fraud in the oil-for-food program.
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Kofi Annan is "disappointed" his son continued to be paid by a firm involved in  Iraq's oil-for-food programme.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday that resignations of several senior officials gave him a chance to reshuffle his team, under fire in Washington because of the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.
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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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Investigators probing allegations of impropriety in the U.N. oil-for-food program have questioned Secretary-General Kofi Annan about his involvement and will do so again, a U.N. spokesman said Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in an interview broadcast Sunday that "concessions" were made to Saddam Hussein to win his agreement to the oil-for-food program because there were concerns the Iraqi people would starve without it.
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The chairman of a House subcommittee investigating the United Nations&#39; oil-for-food program in Iraq said in a statement yesterday that Secretary General Kofi Annan&#39;s son received reimbursements
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The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said he will not resign over the controversial Iraqi Oil-for-Food programme.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan ruled  out on Sunday resigning over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal that  is clouding his organization's global prestige.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pledged full cooperation Thursday with investigations into alleged abuses in a U.N. oil and aid program that have led Republicans in Congress to demand his resignation. He said U.N. employees can be fired if they do not comply.
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UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said he was &quot;disappointed&quot; at news his son was receiving payment from a firm involved in Iraq&#39;s oil-for-food programme.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan will discipline the former director of the oil-for-food  program for Iraq and another official named in a probe in the  operation, his chief of staff said on Thursday.
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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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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he was "very disappointed and surprised" that his son had continued to receive payments until this February from a firm that had a contract with Iraq's oil-for-food program, the subject of numerous corruption investigations.