The United Nations' Management and Oversight of the Oil-for-Food Program: Hearing Before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, February 15, 2005

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Página 27 - I thank you for the opportunity to testify and I would be happy to respond to any questions you may have.
Página 401 - Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva.
Página 15 - I would ask you to please stand and raise your right hand. Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give before this Subcommittee is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you, God?
Página 152 - ... food intake increased from around 1,275 calories per person per day in 1996 to about 2,229 calories at the end of 2001. Malnutrition rates for children under 5 fell by more than half. In February 2002, the United Nations reported that the Oil for Food program had considerable success in several sectors such as agriculture, food, health, and nutrition by arresting the decline in living conditions and improving the nutritional status of the average Iraqi citizen.
Página 193 - ... al-Bakr oil terminal, with the assistance of independent inspection agents appointed by the Secretary-General, who will keep the Committee informed of the amount of petroleum and petroleum products exported from Iraq after the date of entry into force of paragraph 1 of this resolution, and will verify that the purchase price of the petroleum and petroleum products is reasonable in the light of prevailing market conditions, and that, for the purposes of the arrangements set out in this resolution,...
Página 154 - Attmw, pan.l(c) (Dec. 22, 2004). 4As promulgated by the Institute of Internal Auditors and adopted by the Representatives of internal Audit Services of the United Nations Organizations and Multilateral Financial Institution. activities against its objectives. These reports are addressed to the intergovernmental body — normally the Committee for Program and Coordination or the General Assembly — that requested the evaluation. Investigations staff follow up on reports of possible violations of...
Página 119 - Mersin, approximately 400 kms west of Iskenderun. This site was manned by four Inspectors on a rotation basis with two inspectors being rotated every week. There were a number of other locations that were visited by inspectors during our time at Iskenderun but these were done from the main base on an "as needed" basis. 7.2 Inspections: There was some confusion relating to what was to be done and how it was to be achieved as we were only allowed to inspect cargo that was notified to us by the OIP....
Página 54 - Chairman and distinguished members of the subcommittee, I welcome the opportunity to appear before you this morning in support of HR 4599, of which I am privileged to be a cosponsor.
Página 151 - Iraqi government signed with commodity suppliers and oil purchasers, and Iraq's oil revenue was placed in a UN-controlled escrow account In May 2003, UN. resolution 1483 requested the UN Secretary General to transfer the Oil for Food program to the Coalition Provisional Authority by November 2003.
Página 140 - ... Report, issued on February 3, 2005, sets forth allegations that one or more individuals within the United Nations may have violated UN procurement policies during the negotiation process. What you may not know is that no procurement policies of the UN were ever provided to Saybolt, and none were made publicly available insofar as we are aware. Indeed, the only procurement "policy" of which we were aware at the time was the one contained in the RFP, in which the "UN reservefd] the right ... to...

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