Oil-for-Food Scandal Report from the U.N.

Fox News has had great coverage on the Oil-for-Food scandal.

The report came out today.

One could predict how Kofi Annan would react:

UNITED NATIONS — Kofi Annan on Wednesday called the latest report on the U.N. Oil-for-Food (search) program "embarrassing" as it slammed the secretary-general, his deputy and the Security Council for allowing Saddam Hussein to cheat $10.2 billion from the humanitarian operation.
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"The findings of today's report must be deeply embarrassing to all of us," Annan told the Security Council Wednesday. "None of us — member states, secretariat … can be proud of what it has found. Who among us can now claim that U.N. management is not a problem or is not in need of reform?"

I think it is a little more than "embarrassing." Try "shaming" or "damning" or "disturbing."

And I wasn't aware that Kofi was all for investigating the corruption at the U.N., so I don't know why he's asking who "can now claim that U.N. management is not a problem" or "not in need of reform." He's the one who needs reforming.

You can read the report for yourself.

Volume I - The Report of the Committee (pdf)
Volume II - Program Background (pdf)
Volume III - United Nations Administration, Part I (pdf)
Volume IV - United Nations Administration, Part II (pdf)
Impact of Oil-for-Food Program on the Iraqi People (pdf)