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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oil-for-Food Programme canonical | 12 |
| UN Oil-for-Food Programme | 2 |
| United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme | 2 |
| Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme | 1 |
| Oil‑for‑Food Programme | 1 |
| Phase III of the Oil-for-Food Programme | 1 |
Statements (50)
| 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 |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States 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
ⓘ
United Nations Sanctions Committees ⓘ
surface form:
UN sanctions committee on Iraq
United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| officialName | Oil-for-Food Programme self-link ⓘ |
| 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 of the 1990s ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme
this entity surface form:
Oil‑for‑Food Programme
this entity surface form:
UN Oil-for-Food Programme
this entity surface form:
United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme
this entity surface form:
Phase III of the Oil-for-Food Programme
this entity surface form:
Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme
this entity surface form:
UN Oil-for-Food Programme