print email comment close Timeline: Oil-for-Food Scandal URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4445609.stm Description: Timeline of events related to the "oil-for-food programme (OFF) [which] was set up to allow Iraq to sell its oil in return for humanitarian relief, so it would not breach sanctions imposed after the first Iraq war. The programme was administered by the United Nations and is now [2004-2005] embroiled in a corruption scandal." Includes links to related news stories and background information about the oil-for-food program. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Extra Keywords UN Kofi Annan Kojo Library of Congress Subject Headings: Iraq -- Politics and government Political corruption United Nations. Oil-for-Food Program LII Database Information: Record 8856 created by Jennifer English on 04/15/2005 Last modification on 09/08/2009 Published: 04/15/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/8856