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In December 2004, the subcommittee's chairman Senator Norm Coleman called for UN Secretary-general Kofi Annan to resign because of the "UN's utter failure to detect or stop Saddam's abuses" of the program and because of related fraud allegations against Annan's son.
The Oil-for-Food Programme (OIP) was established by the United Nations in 1995 (under UN Security Council Resolution 986) [1] to allow Iraq to sell oil on the world market in exchange for food, medicine, and other humanitarian needs for ordinary Iraqi citizens without allowing Iraq to boost its military capabilities.
Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈ k oʊ f i ˈ æ n æ n / KOH-fee AN-an, [1] US also /-ˈ ɑː n ɑː n /- AH-nahn; [2] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. [3] Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. [4]
The committee was appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in April 2004, following calls for a Security Council inquiry, which was approved in Resolution 1538. The three-member inquiry was chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman and United Nations Association of the United States of America director Paul Volcker.
Maurice Strong was a close adviser to former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and became embroiled in what is now known as the Oil for Food Program Scandal and reportedly received millions of dollars from North Korean and Iraqi lobbyists. [40]
The UN Global Compact was initially launched with the first nine Principles. On 24 June 2004, during the first Global Compact Leaders Summit, Kofi Annan announced the addition of the tenth principle against corruption in accordance with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption adopted in 2003.
Kofi Annan ran unopposed for re-selection in 2001. Due to Boutros-Ghali's non-reelection, a second Annan term would give Africa the office of Secretary-General for three consecutive terms. In 2001, the Asia-Pacific Group agreed to a third term for Africa in return for the African Group's support for an Asian Secretary-General in the 2006 selection.
Nader Mousavizadeh is a businessman, author, geo-political advisor and commentator, [1] and former senior United Nations official who was an advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan from 1997 to 2003. [2]