U.n oil for food program

We disagree. Our report distinguishes between the responsibilities and actions of the Secretary General and the Security Council; when both entities are responsible, our report refers collectively to the UN.

We also fully discuss how the Security Council's inaction facilitated oil smuggling to neighboring states in violation of UN sanctions. Moreover, the diffusion of responsibility among multiple UN entities was a major structural weakness of the program and contributed to unclear authority, manipulation, and weak oversight. We also believe that State underestimates the importance of a control framework that, if in place, would have identified the program's vulnerabilities and established clear lines of authority for responding to the program's mismanagement and corruption.

UNCC also commented that our report does not adequately describe its organization and its relationship with the internal auditors; we have added more information about these topics. In , Security Council resolution imposed economic sanctions on Iraq in response to its invasion and occupation of Kuwait, thereby prohibiting all countries from buying Iraqi goods and selling most commodities to Iraq.

Iraq first exported oil under the Oil for Food program in December , and the first shipments of humanitarian goods arrived in March The Security Council subsequently increased the amount of oil that Iraq could sell and expanded the types of humanitarian goods that it could import. In , the Security Council removed all restrictions on.

Show all pages in this report. This report can be searched. All remaining UN international staff in Iraq were evacuated on 18 March and the President of the Security Council asked the Secretary General to submit proposals to adjust the mandate of the Oil-for-Food Programme so that it would have flexibility to meet new humanitarian challenges presented by the prospect of war in Iraq. On 19 March , the war in Iraq began with the bombing of Baghdad and on 20 March , the Secretary General pledged to do his utmost to ensure that the UN rose to the challenge of shielding the civilian population "from the grim consequences of war.

A resolution was adopted unanimously by the Security Council on 28 March adjusting the Oil-for-Food Programme and giving the Secretary-General authority to facilitate the delivery and receipt of goods contracted by the Government of Iraq for the humanitarian needs of its people.

On 24 April those provisions were extended to 3 June. The extension under resolution , gave the Office of the Iraq Programme and UN agencies, valuable time to identify and ship additional goods and supplies.

The Security Council lifted civilian sanctions on Iraq on 22 May with the adoption of resolution Updated 4 November Office of the Iraq Programme Oil-for-Food. Home Page. About the Programme. Information for Companies and Delegations. UN News Centre. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has praised the Oil-for-Food Programme for accomplishing one of the largest, most complex and unusual tasks ever entrusted to the Secretariat.

In a statement to the Security Counci l 20 November , he noted that the Programme, which closed on 21 November was the only humanitarian programme ever to have been funded entirely from resources belonging to the nation it was designed to help.

Under the Programme, nine different United Nations agencies, programmes and funds developed and managed humanitarian operations in Iraq, meeting the needs of the civilian population across some 24 economic and social sectors. He noted that the actual delivery of these items would continue well into next year and that any unspent or undispersed amounts would be transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq after the Programme closes.

He said that although the UN was closing the Oil-for-Food Programme, it "remained determined to continue helping Iraq's long-suffering people" in whatever ways were still open to it. Posted 22 November. Oil-for-Food Programme Ready. Termination of the Programme is effective as of midnight 21 November, Mr Sevan noted that the CPA has been in close discussions with the UN independent inspection agent, Cotecna with a view to the retention of its services for a limited period after termination of the Programme and has given assurances that a final decision in that regard will soon be taken, thus ensuring the continuation of authentication arrangements beyond 21 November Posted 19 November For more information.

Other Programme News. The Office of the Iraq Programme regrets that it is unable to respond to requests for information from companies or their representatives. The primary point of contact for companies is the Permanent Mission of their respective countries to the United Nations. Some 3. Of this amount, 72 per cent of the total was allocated towards humanitarian needs nationwide after December