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Congressional Panels Investigate UN Oil-for-Food Program, Seek Volcker Committee Documents; United Nations Sues for Protection of Documents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2005

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References

1 The report and related materials are available on the committee’s Web site, <http://www.iic-offp.org>.

2 Hoge, Warren & Miller, Judith, Report Expected to Fault Kofi Annan’s Role in Oil-for-Food Plan Payments to His Son, N.Y. Times, Mar. 26, 2005, at A3 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, U.N. Decides Not to Pay Legal Bills of Ex–Oil Official, Wash. Post, Mar. 29, 2005, at A11 Google Scholar; Hoge, Warren, Panel Says Annan Didn’t Intervene in Iraq Contract, N.Y. Times, Mar. 30, 2005, at A1 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, Kofi Annan Cleared in Corruption Probe, Wash. Post, Mar. 30, 2005, at A8 Google Scholar; The Verdict on Kofi Annan, Editorial, N.Y. Times, Mar. 30, 2005, at A26 Google Scholar; Hoge, Warren, Some Question Annan’s Viability at U.N., N.Y. Times, Mar. 31, 2005, at A6 Google Scholar; see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 254 & 495 (2005)Google Scholar.

3 Miller, Judith, U.N. Oil-for-Food Chief Faces Fresh Charges, N.Y. Times, Feb. 15, 2005, at A10 Google Scholar; see Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 495 (2005)Google Scholar.

4 Miller, Judith, Hussein Gave Oil Rights to French and British Officials, Senate Says, N.Y. Times, May 12, 2005, at A5 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, Panel Connects Oil Program to Europeans, Wash. Post, May 12, 2005, at A16 Google Scholar.

5 See Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 254 (2005)Google Scholar.

6 Lynch, Colum, Iraqi Papers Detail Efforts to Buy Favors, Wash. Post, May 13, 2005, at A18 Google Scholar; Miller, Judith & Smith, Craig S., House Releases Iraqi Papers on Strategy for Oil Sales, N.Y. Times, May 13, 2005, at A8 Google Scholar.

7 Volcker Panel Disputed, N.Y. Times, Apr. 24, 2005, at A6 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, Official Defends Oil-for-Food, Wash. Post, Apr. 27, 2005, at A19 Google Scholar; Investigator of U.N. May Be Called to Hill Hearing, Wash. Post, Apr. 30, 2005, at A6 Google Scholar.

8 The U.S. district court suit is styled United Nations on Behalf of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Program v. Robert H. Parton, Civ. No. 05-0917. See Lynch, Colum, Former Oil-for-Food Program Investigator Gives Papers to House Panel, Wash. Post, May 6, 2005, at A17 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, Former U.N. Counsel Defends Disclosure, Wash. Post, May 10, 2005, at A13 Google Scholar; U.N. Wins Delay in Release of Papers on Iraq Inquiry, N.Y. Times, May 10, 2005, at A4 Google Scholar; Baying for Blood, Economist, May 14, 2005, at 30 Google Scholar.