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[pantelis]

http://groups.msn.com/CyprusTalks/gener ... 7621706353

http://news.google.com/news?q=un%20food ... g=d&tab=wn

[insan]

Pantelis,


Can you make a little comment about what you trying to point out?


Insofar as I know these are the claims about Food-For-Oil program:

--A network of Iranians who were involved in smuggling oil under the U.N. program.

--Connections between the U.N. program and a French organized crime figure who U.S. officials said was a conduit for oil-for-food-related payments to French President Jacques Chirac.

--Information on the Swiss-based company Cotecna, which was involved in border inspections of oil-for-food goods. Cotecna at one point during the oil-for-food program hired Mr. Annan's son as a consultant.

--Data on the activities of an Egyptian oil broker who took part in illegal activities related to the oil-for-food program.



Doesn't UN want to ignore information that could pose problems for the world body?

[insan]

AP: Saddam Abused Oil-For-Food Program
Updated: Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004 - 2:03 PM

By DESMOND BUTLER
Associated Press Writer


http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=255&sid=309738

Iraqi officials said that as many as 3,000 to 4,500 contracts or about 10 to 15 percent of all deals for importing goods through the U.N. program were granted to companies on the exempt list. The list includes numerous large Russian oil companies _ whose names also appear on the oil vouchers list published in Duelfer's report _ including Gazprom, Lukoil and Tatneft.

In the past, Russian companies have denied any wrongdoing in the oil-for-food program.

A handful of obscure companies from Western countries including Germany, Belgium, Cyprus, Italy and Switzerland appear on the list.

Saddam was able to “subvert” the $60 billion U.N. oil-for-food program to generate an estimated $1.7 billion in revenue outside U.N. control from 1997-2003, the Duelfer report said. In addition to oil-for-food schemes, Iraq brought in over $8 billion in illicit oil deals with Jordan, Syria, Turkey and Egypt through smuggling or illegal pumping through pipelines during the full period that sanctions were in place, the report added.

http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ ... c5e5bde692

[pantelis]

Can you make a little comment about what you trying to point out?

The UN officials are a corrupt body. Impartiality is not one of their virtues and had no business in mediating and drafting a solution plan for the Cyprus Problem. The scandal broke out in the midst of the final "negotiations" of the plan. The scandal investigations were deferred for a "later" time. Draw your own conclusions.

[insan]

The UN officials are a corrupt body.

Apparently you mean all of them... Perhaps just %10, 15 or 30 are corrupt. How do you know?

[brother]

Corruption is always rife, the real trick is exposing them.