Conditions eased a bit once the United Nations oil-for-food program started in 1996, but the country still suffered, especially the children.

Most recently, she has written about the controversy surrounding the United Nations oil-for-food program.

Iraqi oil sales are restricted by the United Nations oil-for-food program.

Later, limited amounts of income from the United Nations oil-for-food program started flowing into Iraq.

Under the United Nations oil-for-food program, the despot got to tap his preferred business partners.

In all probability, his proposal would be about as successful as the corrupt United Nations oil-for-food program.

Iraq, too, was in desperate economic straits, but it at least had oil revenue, skimmed from the United Nations oil-for-food program, and active trade.

Oil exports under a United Nations oil-for-food program have been halted, so there is no money anyhow to pay for suits or anything else.

Even worse, revenue from the United Nations oil-for-food program, once a big part of the region's income, has stopped flowing.

A senior administration official said the United Nations oil-for-food program would be expanded to help finance stabilization and reconstruction.