Note to Lamin Sise regarding letters from United States Senate - Committee on Governmental Affairs

Note to Lamin Sise regarding letters from United States Senate - Committee on Governmental Affairs

22 September 2004

Bruce C. Rashkow prepares a letter responding to earlier correspondences by the US Senators Coleman and Levin. In fact, following a letter, dated 20 May 2004, by United States Congressman Henry J Hyde requesting the release to the United States Department of State of 55 internal audit reports concerning the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme, the Honourable Congressmen Norm Coleman, Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and Carl Levin, Ranking Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations sent another letter, dated 1 June 2004, to demand the surrender of exemptions and immunities of UN personnel that can become potential witnesses during the investigation of allegations of abuse of the "Oil-For-Food" Program and making of United Nations Secretariat available to Subcommittee for interviews. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan replied by letter, on 2 June 2004 to mention that UN General Assembly provided all publicly-available documents related to the subject mentioned to the United States Government through the Permanent Mission of the United States to the United Nations and appoint Mr Volcker, as focal point for non-public documents and reirated the same content in these letters dated 29 September 2004 sent to the same addressees.

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