The United Nations’ Oil-For-Food Programme in Iraq: Good intentions that went awry?

• Main Authors: PORTELA, Clara, NAIR, Dileep
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Government; Risk analysis; Risk management; Managing conflicts; War and conflicts; International and Area Studies; International Economics
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cases_coll_all/327; https://smu.sharepoint.com/sites/admin/CMP/cases/SMU-20-BATCH%20%5BPDF-Pic%5D/SMU-20-0045%20%5BUN%20Oil%20for%20Food%5D/SMU-20-0045%20%5BUN%20Oil%20for%20Food%5D.pdf?CT=1612326450992&OR=ItemsView
• Institution: Singapore Management University

After the Gulf War of 1991, the UN Security Council imposes economic sanctions on Iraq. To alleviate the crippling effects of the sanctions, the council establishes the Oil-for-Food Programme in 1995 - allowing Iraq to sell its oil and use the revenue to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian goo...