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``Congress letter will be given to Volcker''

Mumbai: The United Nations can facilitate contact between Indian authorities and the Volcker Committee, U.N. Under-Secretary General Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday.

Speaking to PTI here, Mr. Tharoor said the U.N. was no one to reply to the Congress letter seeking the documents and references in the Volcker Committee report about the party.

"We will pass this on to Mr. Volcker," he said commenting on the letter sent by the Congress to the U.N. Secretary General seeking details.

To a question on allegations that the Volcker Committee report was aimed at maligning those who had opposed sanctions against Iraq, Mr. Tharoor said the Secretary General had appointed the committee with the approval of the Security Council. "He has expressed full faith in the integrity of the Committee. Each finding [of the Committee] needs to be investigated," he said.

Asked if the U.N. was bound to take any action on the Volcker Committee findings on the oil-for-food programme in Iraq, Mr. Tharoor replied in the negative. "It is not for the U.N. to do so. The report is addressed to the member-states and it is for them to take action if they deem it fit," he said.

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