1. Oil-for-Food Program Corruption
The Oil-for-Food Program was meant to ease Iraqi suffering under sanctions, but it became one of the UN’s most notorious scandals. An estimated $1.8 billion was illegally diverted through bribes, kickbacks, and fraud by both UN officials and outside collaborators. High-profile figures were implicated, and the program’s collapse deeply damaged the UN’s credibility on the world stage. This scandal exposed serious weaknesses in oversight and left lasting questions about the organization’s ability to police itself.
