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UN S
ecretary General Kofi Annan last week met with the UN Security
Council to seek their support for a fraud probe into the UN program
that oversaw Iraq's oil sales under Saddam Hussein, reports Agence
France Presse.
Reuters adds that Annan's letter said the inquiry would be
authorised to approach and seek cooperation of member states and
"their relevant authorities".
He also said the probe would determine whether procedures
established by the Security Council and UN secretariat for
monitoring and approving contracts were violated; whether any UN
officials, personnel and agents or outside contractors engaged in
"any illicit or corrupt activities," including bribery, imposing
surcharges and other illicit payments; and whether UN accounts were
in order.
The Financial Times notes in another piece that as the United
Nations struggles to defend itself against allegations of
corruption in the multi-billion dollar oil-for-food program for
Iraq, UN officials have revealed internal documents showing they
knew of the problem as early as 2000.
The documents refer to illegal commissions levied by the Iraqi
government on oil-for-food supply contracts given to foreign
companies.
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