Good Intentions Corrupted The Oil-for-food Program and the Threat to the U.n.

Despite its good intentions, mismanagement and corruption plagued the UN's Oil-for-Food Program: - More than 2,200 companies paid $1.8 billion in illegal surcharges and kickbacks to the Iraqi regime - The UN Security Council stood by as the Iraqi regime outright smuggled about $8.4 billion of oil during the Program years in violation of UN sanctions - The Iraqi regime steered oil contracts for political advantage by giving rights to buy oil to dozens of global political figures sympathetic to Iraq's goal to loosen or overturn the UN sanctions - UN-related humanitarian agencies collected tens of millions of dollars for costs they never incurred, and some built factories in Iraq that weren't needed or that never worked at all - Even UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was tainted by it But the whole story has never been told in one place, until now.Meyer, Jeffrey A. is the author of 'Good Intentions Corrupted The Oil-for-food Program and the Threat to the U.n.', published 2006 under ISBN 9781586484729 and ISBN 1586484729.