Claude Hankes-Drielsma
Claude Hankes-DrielsmaIraq Governing CouncilClaude Hankes-Drielsma is an advisor to the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) and Chairman of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Ltd. The following is excerpted from testimony submitted to the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations during April 21, 2004, hearings on the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program.My written testimony attempts to set out in chronological order the background to, and the reasons why, independent investigations into the Oil-for-Food Program were initiated by the Iraq Governing Council and subsequently by the United Nations. While the remarkable achievements of the United States and its commitment in assisting…