Oil-for-Food Programme

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The Oil-for-Food Programme was a United Nations initiative that allowed Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil in order to purchase humanitarian goods while remaining under international sanctions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations programme ⓘ
humanitarian aid programme ⓘ
sanctions relief mechanism ⓘ
administeredBy UN Office of the Iraq Programme ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
allowedActivity import of food ⓘ
import of humanitarian supplies ⓘ
import of medicine ⓘ
limited Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
appliesTo Iraq ⓘ
authorizedBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
beneficiaryGroup Iraqi civilian population ⓘ
condition Iraq remained under international economic sanctions ⓘ
countrySubjectToSanctions Iraq ⓘ
createdBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ
criticizedFor benefiting Iraqi regime officials ⓘ
corruption and mismanagement ⓘ
smuggling and kickback schemes ⓘ
currencyOfSales United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
endDate 2003-11-21 ⓘ
endedAfter 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
fundingSource proceeds from Iraqi oil exports ⓘ
headquarters New York City ⓘ
implementedInPhases yes ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 ⓘ
location Iraq ⓘ
monitoredBy UN Office of the Iraq Programme ⓘ
UN sanctions committee on Iraq ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
officialName Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
oversightMechanism UN escrow account for oil revenues ⓘ
phaseCount 13 phases ⓘ
purpose to alleviate the humanitarian impact of sanctions on Iraqi civilians ⓘ
to allow Iraq to sell oil to purchase humanitarian goods ⓘ
to ensure that oil revenues were used for approved civilian needs ⓘ
relatedTo Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq disarmament crisis ⓘ
United Nations sanctions against Iraq ⓘ
restrictedUseOfFunds military purposes prohibited ⓘ
weapons purchases prohibited ⓘ
shortName OFFP ⓘ
startDate 1996-12-10 ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations internal investigations ⓘ
allegations of corruption ⓘ
independent inquiry led by Paul Volcker ⓘ
successor Development Fund for Iraq ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ
post-Gulf War era ⓘ

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Iraq disarmament crisis of the 1990s → contextOf → Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
Oil-for-Food Programme → officialName → Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
United Nations Security Council Resolution 986 → linkedProgramme → United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1194 → concernsProgramme → Oil‑for‑Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
OFFP → standsFor → Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
OFFP → alsoKnownAs → UN Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
UN Office of the Iraq Programme → hasPart → Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
Development Fund for Iraq → replaced → United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1143 → programmePhase → Phase III of the Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1175 → relatesTo → Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1175 → programmeAffected → UN Oil-for-Food Programme ⓘ
linked to: Oil-for-Food Programme