150 firms on Volcker list approved as UN suppliers

Business November 18, 2005

Many of the firms listed in the Volcker Report for paying kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime in connection with oil-for-food contracts are important suppliers to the aid community. 150 of them are registered in a database at the UN Global Marketplace which is open to all procurement staff in the UN and the World Bank.

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