THE US Senate claims it has Iraqi documents that provide new evidence that the former head of the UN oil-for-food programme made up to €1.25 million through oil deals with Saddam Hussein’s government.

KOFI ANNAN yesterday suspended the head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and a senior official who dealt with contracts following an independent investigation that accused them of misconduct.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has suspended the head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq and a senior official who dealt with contracts following an independent investigation that accused them of misconduct.

The UN has vowed to discipline two officials implicated in a report that detailed conflicts of interest and flawed management in the UN oil-for-food programme, while the man leading the investigation warned that more revelations were forthcoming.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ordered disciplinary action against the head of the UN oil-for-food program in Iraq, who was sharply criticised in an investigation that accused him of a “grave conflict of interest” and “undermining the integrity” of the UN.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed an independent investigation of alleged corruption in the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq following allegations that UN staff may have reaped millions of dollars from the programme that helped Iraqis cope with international sanctions.

The US Security Council tonight voted unanimously to extend Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s authority to speed millions of pounds of additional food and medicine to the Iraqi people until June 3.