Former oil-for-food chief resigns with bitter parting shot

The former chief of the Iraq oil-for-food programme has resigned – just a day before investigators release a report that is expected to accuse him of taking kickbacks under the $64bn (€51.8bn) humanitarian operation.

Benon Sevan announced his decision yesterday in a scathing letter that lambasted UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the UN Security Council, the United Nations’ critics, and the Independent Inquiry Committee investigating the allegations of corruption against him.