IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 869
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allega-
tions of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United Nations 
oil-for-food program, Kofi Annan should resign from the position of 
Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore confidence that 
the investigations into those allegations are being fully and independently 
accomplished. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2004
Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. 
BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. OTTER, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. HAYES, Mr. 
GILLMOR, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. 
TANCREDO, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, 
Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. FRANKS of Ari-
zona, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. GOODE, Mr. 
BURNS, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, 
Mr. JENKINS, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. WAMP, 
Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. CAMP, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. SHERWOOD, Mrs. JO ANN 
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MAN-
ZULLO, Mr. FORBES, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, 
Mr. PITTS, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. 
WELDON of Florida, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. BISHOP
of Utah, Mr. 
ADERHOLT, and Mr. GOODLATTE) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and 
abuse within the United Nations oil-for-food program, 
Kofi Annan should resign from the position of Secretary
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General of the United Nations to help restore confidence 
that the investigations into those allegations are being 
fully and independently accomplished.
Whereas the United Nations has become the subject of the 
most extensive scandal in the history of the organization; 
Whereas the United Nations oil-for-food program has been 
the subject of four investigations by the United States 
Congress, three Federal investigations, and a commission 
of inquiry appointed by the United Nations; 
Whereas the Iraq Survey Group reported that former Iraqi 
leader Saddam Hussein attempted to bribe members of 
the United Nations Security Council through the oil-for-
food program; 
Whereas the Iraq Survey Group indicated that Saddam Hus-
sein successfully bribed the Executive Director of the 
United Nations Iraq Program, Benon Sevan, who was 
personally appointed by United Nations Secretary Gen-
eral Kofi Annan; 
Whereas under the supervision of the United Nations, Sad-
dam 
Hussein 
illicitly 
accumulated 
more 
than 
$21,000,000,000 in contravention of the oil-for-food pro-
gram and in violation of United Nations sanctions; 
Whereas Kojo Annan, son of Secretary General Kofi Annan, 
has received payments from a contractor responsible for 
monitoring goods arriving in Iraq under the oil-for-food 
program; 
Whereas the United Nations refuses to make public any of 
the 55 internal audits of the oil-for-food program pro-
duced by the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight;
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Whereas the oil-for-food program, since inception, has been 
under the direction and supervision of Secretary General 
Kofi Annan; and 
Whereas it is crucial for the international community to have 
confidence that operations under the authority of the 
United Nations are executed in a responsible and credible 
manner: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that due to the allegations of fraud, mis-
management, and abuse within the United Nations oil-for-
food program, Kofi Annan should resign from the position 
of Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore 
confidence that the investigations into those allegations 
are being fully and independently accomplished.
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