Editing Oil-for-Food Programme (section)

==Financial statistics==
Over US$54 billion worth of [[Iraq]]i oil was sold on the world market. About US$46 billion of this was intended to provide for the [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] needs of the Iraqi people such as food and [[medicine]], given the context of international [[economic sanctions]]. A considerable portion was spent on [[Gulf War]] reparations paid through a compensation fund (25% starting December 2000). UN administrative and operational costs for the programme was US$1.2 billion; the cost of the [[United Nations Special Commission on Iraq|weapons inspection programme]] was also paid from these funds. Internal audits have not been made public.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/03/un.oil.for.food.letter | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040507024513/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/05/03/un.oil.for.food.letter/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 May 2004 | publisher=CNN| title=U.N. defends oil-for-food letter | date=3 May 2004 | access-date=2010-05-20}}</ref>