§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the non-Iraqi recipients of money paid from the UN escrow account for the Oil for Food Programme in 1999, broken down by the amount each received and the purpose for each payment. [114367]
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§ Mr. HainUnder the current terms of the Oil for Food programme the revenues raised in each six month period are divided: 54 per cent. for food, medicine and humanitarian supplies in the centre and south, 13 per cent. for food, medicine and humanitarian supplies in the three northern governorates, 30 per cent. to the UN Compensation Fund, 2.2 per cent. for the UN's costs in administering the programme, 0.8 per cent. for the administrative costs of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). For the 54 per cent. account, the Government of Iraq enters into contracts with suppliers of its choosing.
The United Nations website at http://www.un.org/Departments/oip.html provides a detailed breakdown of applications made under the Oil for Food programme over the last year.