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Benon Sevan
Assistant Secretary-General in the UN Department of Political Affairs
In office 20 July 1992 – 7 August 2005
Appointed by
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Personal details
Born
Benin Vahe Sevan
(1937-12-18) December 18, 1937 (age 86) Nicosia, Cyprus
Children
1
Alma mater
Columbia University
Occupation
Diplomat
Known for
Oil-for-Food corruption
Benon Vahe Sevan (born December 18, 1937 Nicosia, Cyprus) was the head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme, established in 1996 and charged with preventing Iraq's government from using the proceeds from oil exports for anything but food, medicine and other items to benefit the civilian population.
Benon Vahe Sevan (born December 18, 1937 Nicosia, Cyprus) was the head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme, established in 1996 and charged with...
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much of his time in the country, Soussan worked as the assistant to BenonSevan, the Armenian Cypriot administrator of the program. According to Backstabbing...
with BenonSevan, an Armenian-Cypriot national who had worked for the UN for about 40 years. Appointed by Annan to the Oil-For-Food role, Sevan repeatedly...
Secretary-General. In 2005, Secretary-General Kofi Annan waived the immunity of BenonSevan, Aleksandr Yakovlev, and Vladimir Kuznetsov in relation to the Oil-for-Food...
former President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus (2008–2011) BenonSevan, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (1992–2005) and the...
Michael Ben Kingsley as Costa Pasaris, a.k.a. Pasha (fashioned after BenonSevan, the actual head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme) Belçim...
de facto president of the Cyprus Republic after the 1974 coup d'état BenonSevan, ex-head of UN Oil for Food program Ploutis Servas, first Secretary General...
vulnerability of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme for Iraq. BenonSevan, the head of the programme, along with UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise...
that the director of the OFFP, BenonSevan, personally accepted $147,184 in bribes from Saddam's government, which Sevan denied. By the late 1990s, the...
Melkonian include Vahan Tekeyan, Moushegh Ishkhan, Apraham Manoogian, BenonSevan, Vahan Bedelian and Vahram Mavian. In 2003 an Alumni led campaign to...
broadcaster and human rights activist who thrives in London, United Kingdom. BenonSevan (1937– ), once the Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations...
Russian businesses and, evidently, to the U.N.'s own man in charge, BenonSevan. For this work, she was honored with the 2005 Eric Breindel Award for...
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General in Afghanistan and Pakistan (OSGAP) with Mr. BenonSevan's team in late 1980s. Mr. BenonSevan was a special envoy representative of United Nation...
President Mohammad Najibullah indicated his readiness to step down. UN envoy BenonSevan reportedly influenced Najibullah's decision to make this statement. The...
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