55706990 Iraq has asked the UN to help find the missing billions of dollars
Iraqi parliament appealed to local UN office for assistance in finding 17 billion dollars, which were kept in the U.S. stock and disappeared during the Iraqi war, according to Reuters. Meanwhile, according to "Al Jazeera", which refers to the Speaker of the Parliament of Iraq Osama al-Nudzhayfi (Osama al-Nujaifi), it is about 18.7 billion dollars. The means of loss which said deputies were kept in a special fund for the reconstruction of Iraq, jointly established by the Central Bank and the Arab country, the Federal Bank of New York. Account is replenished by the proceeds from the sale of Iraqi oil profits of the UN "Oil for food", as well as property and funds seized from Saddam Hussein's regime. Money fund used to pay salaries of civil servants Iraq, as well as through funding for the program of reconstruction. It was noted that the payments were made not by bank transfer and cash in dollars that the U.S. military began shipping in 2003. On the loss of the money has been known for a long time, but several audits satisfactory results have not been given. In particular, in the middle of June, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction Stuart Bowen (Stuart Bowen) found that of the transferred funds to Iraq lost $ 6.6 billion, which in his opinion, could be stolen. In accordance with previous inspections did not track the fate of 8.7 billion dollars. Commenting on the results of last inspection, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament said that the extent of thefts have been underestimated. According to him, shown in the report of Iraqi and American audiences. The question of returning to Iraq means lost Osama al-Nudzhayfi intends to discuss during his visit to the United States, to be held soon, said the head of the parliament. As previously reported the newspaper The Los Angeles Times, in the case of permanent loss of money by the Iraqi authorities have threatened to file for court in Washington. In particular, Baghdad claims that allowing the loss of funds, the U.S. violated the previously signed agreement, under which the Americans guarantee security of money. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, which refers to the Iraqi parliament, Baghdad has no right to apply for a U.S. court in accordance with a UN Security Council resolutions. In this regard, MP and appealed to the UN, hoping that removing the issue of the missing funds on the international level will help to solve it.
