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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Friday, February 4, 2005 at 10:00 AM EST.
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Friday, February 4, 2005 at 10:00 AM EST
Oil-for-Food Inquiry
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A report issued by a commission investigating the United Nations’ oil-for-food program in Iraq found that the former head of the program, Benon V. Sevan, had given oil contracts to a close friend and relative of former U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

Hear a discussion on what these findings mean for the UN programs.

Guests:

Warren Hoge, U.N. bureau chief, The New York Times

John Ruggie, professor of international affairs at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was assistant secretary-general and chief advisor for strategic planning to UN secretary general Kofi Annan from 1997 to 2001.

 
 

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