Benon V. Sevan (born in Nicosia, Cyprus, on December 18, 1937) was the head of the United Nation's Oil for Food program, charged with preventing Iraq's government from using the proceeds from oil exports for anything but food, medicine and other products to benefit the civilian population. Nonetheless, Sevan reportedly accepted bribes from Saddam Hussein in the form of oil vouchers and allowed Saddam to garner $11 billion for military and other uses which violated the UN sanctions against his regime.
On 7 February 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, also implicated in the oil-for-food scandal, "suspended" Sevan and another official with pay because of their roles in the fraud.
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