Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil for Food Scandal and the Threat to the UN by Jeffrey A. Meyer, Mark G. Califano

Good Intentions Corrupted: The Oil for Food Scandal and the Threat to the UN

Jeffrey A. Meyer, Mark G. Califano with Paul A. Volcker

275 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

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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 reg...

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