Security Council members agreed on Tuesday to hand over potentially sensitive documents to investigators probing alleged corruption in the oil-for-food program for Iraq, a U.N. spokesman was quoted by Reuters as sayingid. Some were in files of senior U.N. officials and had already been turned over but investigators for the Independent Inquiry Committee, led by Paul Volcker, a former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, wanted them all. The documents cover private discussions and debates on contracts in the program and indicate which nation objected to any irregularities. Council members agreed last week to get back to Secretary-General Kofi Annan with any objections by 12 p.m. EDT (1600 GMT) on Tuesday and none dissented. "We will now be working closely with the Volcker committee to ensure the full transfer of those notes to Mr. Volcker and his team," chief U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Annan last week told Security Council ambassadors he intended to turn over all the documents but several said they had to contact their governments first. Some members, including Russia, raised questions about the accuracy of the minutes, which U.N. staff had taken in private meetings, with the permission of the council. --More 2250 Local Time 1950 GMT
