イラクの石油売上代金数十億ドルが行方不明

2003年以降，イラク開発基金に責任をもつ米占領当局は
2004年4月まで会計報告をしていなかった．
5月の報告で108億ドルの石油収入があったと報告しているが，
イギリス第3の政党である自由民主党（Liberal Democrats）の調査によれば
122億ドルから145億ドル，Christian Aidの調査では130億ドルの収入がある．

Iraq's missing oil billions

Monday 28 June 2004, 6:30 Makka Time, 3:30 GMT

Billions of dollars from Iraq's oil fund cannot be accounted for by the US occupation authority - which was given responsibility for the country's finances by the UN.

Reports by Christian Aid and the Liberal Democrats, Britain's third-largest political party, said there were glaring gaps in the handling of $20 billion generated by Iraq's oil.

The Christian Aid report on Sunday also said the majority of Iraq's reconstruction projects had been awarded to US companies, which charged up to 10 times more than their Iraqi equivalents.

The UN gave the US occupation authority responsibility for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) after the fall of Saddam Hussein in May 2003.

But it stipulated that expenditure must be shown to be in the country's best interests and that all revenue should be paid into a simple fund.

However, Christian Aid and the Liberal Democrats said that no audit on the money had been carried out until April 2004.

Unaccountable spending

Christian Aid spokeswoman Helen Collison said that for an entire year it "has been impossible to tell with any accuracy what the CPA [Coalistion Provisional Authority] has been doing with Iraq's money".

It "has been impossible to tell with any accuracy what the CPA [Coalistion Provisional Authority] has been doing with Iraq's money"

Helen Collison,
Christian Aid spokeswoman

The occupation authority reported in May that $9.4 billion had been paid into the DFI and spent on a wheat purchase programme, electricity and oil infrastructure and equipment for Iraqi security forces.

It said that $10.8 billion of the total sum was due from oil revenues by 21 June, this year.

However, the Liberal Democrat report said its research suggested that oil revenues stood at $12.2 billion to $14.5 billion. Christian Aid put the figure at $13 billion.

Lack of clarity

Both reports stressed it was not clear how much of the money had been spent. The Liberal Democrats' study cited the accounting firm KPMG, which criticised the occupation authority for not metering oil production and questioned its spending.

"This apparent discrepancy requires full investigation," Menzies Campbell, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for foreign affairs, said.

"The cost of reconstruction of Iraq is considerable and those countries who are being asked to contribute will want to know that Iraq's own resources are making a maximum contribution."

Christian Aid said that Iraqi companies had been awarded contracts worth a miniscule total of $500,000 since April 2004.

The report also claimed around $2 billion of Iraqi money was given to mostly US companies for poorly thought-out projects of no lasting benefit.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/E36E1D04-8906-47ED-A601-B5761061AA28.htm

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