- for - F ood ▁Program me ▁was ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁branch ▁of ▁the ▁Ban que ▁N ationale ▁de ▁Paris - Par ib as , ▁or ▁B NP ▁Par ib as . ▁This ▁French ▁bank ▁was ▁the ▁sole ▁bank ▁admin ister ing ▁the ▁$ 6 4 ▁billion ▁UN ▁programme . ▁An ▁investigation ▁by ▁the ▁US ▁House ▁Committee ▁on ▁International ▁Rel ations ▁found ▁that ▁B NP ▁Par ib as ▁made ▁pay ments ▁for ▁goods ▁without ▁proof ▁of ▁delivery ▁and ▁allowed ▁pay ments ▁to ▁third ▁parties ▁not ▁identified ▁as ▁author ized ▁recip ients . ▁Investig ators ▁estimate ▁that ▁the ▁bank ▁received ▁more ▁than ▁$ 7 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁fe es ▁under ▁the ▁UN ▁programme , ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁ended ▁after ▁the ▁ou ster ▁of ▁S add am ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁D uel fer ▁Report ▁The ▁Ira q ▁Survey ▁Group , ▁which ▁was ▁task ed ▁with ▁finding ▁evidence ▁of ▁weapons ▁of ▁mass ▁destruction ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁found ▁that ▁O FF ▁saved ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁economy ▁from ▁decl ine ▁after ▁the ▁im position ▁of ▁san ctions . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁regime ▁found ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁cor rupt ▁O FF ▁to ▁get ▁hard ▁currency ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁manipulate ▁the ▁Ira q ▁San ctions ▁Committee ▁and ▁und erm ine ▁san ctions ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁to ▁obtain ▁more ▁weapons . ▁ ▁The ▁final ▁official ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Ira q ▁Survey ▁Group ▁report , ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁D uel fer ▁Report , ▁c