The UN Oil for Food Program

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This paper discusses the Oil for Food scandal at the United Nations, explaining that it is not an isolated incident. Rather, it is yet another indication that the UN is plagued by deep and fundamental problems. The paper argues that the Oil for Food Program, like many UN programs and decision-making processes, demonstrate that the UN is structurally flawed, divided by the conflicting political and economic agendas of its member states, crippled by ineffective leadership, and powerless to institute meaningful reforms.

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"When it was first established in 1996, the United Nation's Oil for Food Program "gave hope to millions of Iraqi people who had become the unintended victims of international sanctions against Saddam Hussein. It allowed Iraq to sell its oil to finance purchases of humanitarian goods supervised by the United Nations""

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