". ▁The ▁report ▁concluded ▁that ▁Se van ▁had ▁accepted ▁nearly ▁$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁b rib es ▁over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁programme , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁he ▁was ▁susp ended ▁from ▁his ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁fra ud ▁investigation . ▁ ▁Intent ional ▁weak ening ▁of ▁the ▁Security ▁Council ▁ ▁Peter ▁van ▁W als um , ▁the ▁now - ret ired ▁Amb assador ▁of ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Nations ▁and ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Ira q ▁San ctions ▁Committee ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁spec ulated ▁in ▁a ▁recent ▁book ▁that ▁Ira q ▁deliber ately ▁divided ▁the ▁Security ▁Council ▁by ▁award ing ▁contract s ▁to ▁France , ▁Russia , ▁and ▁China ▁but ▁not ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁he ▁encountered ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁cases ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁Ira qi ▁co operation ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁ex ac erb ate ▁the ▁suffering ▁of ▁its ▁own ▁people . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁in ▁his ▁opinion ▁the ▁san ctions ▁were ▁not ▁an ▁effective ▁d eter rent . ▁ ▁al ▁M ada ▁list ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁alleg ations ▁of ▁wrong do ing ▁in ▁the ▁programme ▁sur fac ed ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁when ▁al ▁M ada , ▁a ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁published ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁individuals ▁and ▁organizations ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have