Oil-For-Food Inquiry Panel Could Be Announced Wednesday
IRAQ OIL-FOR-FOOD INQUIRY PANEL COULD BE ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY – UN SPOKESMAN
New York, Apr 21 2004 8:57AM
An official announcement that Secretary-General Kofi Annan will set up an independent inquiry to look into allegations
of corruption in the United Nations Oil-for-Food programme for Iraq is expected on Wednesday, his spokesman confirmed
today.
Asked about the official announcement of the Oil -for-Food Independent Inquiry, Fred Eckhard said letters of appointment for the members were going to go out today or tomorrow.
Last week, the UN confirmed, again in response to press questions, that three persons had been identified to serve on
the panel: Paul Volcker, former head of the United States Federal Reserve Bank; Mark Pieth of Switzerland, an expert on
money-laundering in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); and Richard Goldstone of South
Africa, former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Today, Security Council members were scheduled to discuss a draft resolution welcoming the inquiry.
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