Editing Oil-for-Food Programme (section)

====Interim report results====
In a 219-page initial report, the Volcker Commission documented how OIF chairman [[Benon Sevan]] used his position to solicit and receive allocations of oil from Iraq during the years he oversaw the humanitarian relief programme. Internal records from SOMO (Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization), as well as interviews with former Iraqi officials involved in illicit oil deals, show that Sevan had requested and received allocations of {{convert|7.3|Moilbbl|m3}} of oil on behalf of a Panama-registered trading company called African Middle East Petroleum Co.

Although the report makes no specific allegations of criminal activity by Sevan, Volcker does not rule out the possibility that charges might be filed by authorities in countries with relevant jurisdiction. The report called Sevan's conduct "ethically improper", noting that Sevan had received large cash payments totalling $160,000 each year he had headed the programme. Sevan claims the money came from an aunt in Cyprus who has since died, but the panel found no evidence to back this claim.

Volcker also reported in January that a review of 58 confidential UN internal OIF audits showed UN officials ignored early signs that humanitarian goods shipped to Iraq before the 2003 Invasion war were given little if any inspections by the Swiss company Cotecna. However, Volker concluded on 27 October 2005 IIC report that "the audit did not report any deficiencies in Cotecna's inspections".<ref name="27 October 2005"/> Cotecna paid [[Kojo Annan]], Kofi Annan's son, consulting fees until November 2003. Volcker said that future reports would deal with questions regarding Kojo Annan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iic-offp.org/documents/InterimReportFeb2005.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2006-06-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050204002604/http://www.iic-offp.org/documents/InterimReportFeb2005.pdf |archive-date=4 February 2005 }}</ref>