UN Security Council to release more oil-for-food documents News
UN Security Council to release more oil-for-food documents

[JURIST] The UN Security Council agreed Tuesday to turn over more documents to the Independent Inquiry Committee [official website] investigating the oil-for-food scandal [JURIST news archive]. The Council will turn over notes from a meeting about the program taken by a junior UN staffer . Secretary-General Kofi Annan originally announced the release last week, but Council members wanted approval from their home governments first [AP report]. None objected to the release, but some did raise questions about the accuracy of the notes. Reuters has more.

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On December 25, 800 A.D., Charlemagne was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III in Rome, Italy. During his lifetime, Charlemagne united most of Western Europe for the first time since the fall of the Western Roman Empire. He is credited with spreading the rule of law throughout his dominions as well as starting the French and German monarchies.

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