UN Oil-for-Food inquiry second interim report [IIC-OFFP]

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UN Oil-for-Food inquiry second interim report [IIC-OFFP]

March 29, 2005 11:24:00 pm

Second Interim Report, Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme [IIC-OFFP], March 29, 2005 [clearing UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan of wrongdoing in the oil-for-food scandal but remaining critical of his actions]. Read the full text of the report here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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