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	UN Office of the Iraq Program - Oil for Food: About the Program
		Sevan was appointed as Assistant Secretary-General in the Department of Administration and Management, in order to coordinate the preparation of the reports of the Secretary-General on the restructuring of the United Nations requested by the General Assembly.
		Sevan was appointed Director and Senior Political Adviser to the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Settlement of the Situation relating to Afghanistan, and was posted in Afghanistan and Pakistan, for monitoring the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan.
		Sevan joined the Secretariat of the Economic and Social Council in June 1973 and served as the Secretary of the Council from 1982 to March 1988.
	www.un.org /Depts/oip/background/latest/sevancv.html (609 words)

	Eco-Agrotourism in South Caucasus
		Sevan National Park falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Nature Protection, and is managed as a research centre, which monitors the ecosystems, and undertakes various conservation measures (including regulation of use and tourism, and protection of historical and cultural monuments).
		In particular, the birds using Lake Sevan were affected by these habitat changes and a number of species no longer breed on the lake.
		There is a need for further research in the Lake Sevan national park, particularly to help with reserve demarcation and to identify the best management approaches for the park and its water resources.
	www.eatsc.com /arm/sevan.html (732 words)

	Benon Sevan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From 1982 to March 1988 Sevan was Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Council.
		Sevan reportedly accepted bribes from Saddam Hussein in the form of oil vouchers, and allowed Saddam to garner $11 billion for military and other uses which violated the UN sanctions against his regime, even as Sevan tried to persuade the United Nations Security Council to make concessions to the Iraqi regime.
		In the report the panel concluded that Sevan had accepted bribes from the former Iraqi regime and recommended that his UN immunity be lifted, to allow for a criminal investigation [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Benon_Sevan (472 words)

	Hetq Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Vladimir Movsisyan, the vice-President of the Lake Sevan Expert Committee and member of the National Water Board, mentioned the limited reserves of drinking water in the world and cited findings by English researchers, which claimed that in the near future one liter of fresh water will have greater value than one liter of oil.
		The Complex Program for the Replenishment of the Sevan Ecosystem, which planned to raise the level of the lake by 6-6.5 meters over 30 years, was also accepted as law.
		Vladimir Movsisyan, vice-President of the Lake Sevan Expert Committee, considered the extra irrigational outflow to be justified, considering the relatively dry summer and low precipitation this year.
	www.hetq.am /eng/ecology/0510-sevan.html (1950 words)

	OpinionJournal - The Real World
		Sevan has returned to his native Cyprus, which does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. But to such sketchy accounts, investigators for Rep. Henry Hyde's International Relations Committee are now prepared to add some illuminating details--starting with their encounter with Mr.
		Sevan came to the door "in shorts, no shirt, and sandals, smoking a cigar." Apparently everyone was surprised to come thus face-to-face.
		Sevan earlier this spring, and confirmed to me Tuesday that the investigation is continuing, but the New York prosecutor has no jurisdiction in Cyprus and cannot in any event bring charges against Mr.
	www.opinionjournal.com /columnists/cRosett/?id=110007736 (1411 words)

	CNN.com - Lawyer: U.N. to accuse former oil-for-food chief - Aug 5, 2005
		Sevan placed himself in a grave and continuing conflict-of-interest situation that violated explicit U.N. rules and violated the standards of integrity essential to a high-level international civil servant," Volcker said.
		Sevan, who spent forty years with the U.N. and ran a $64 billion program, would jeopardize his career for $160,000, trust a person he had never met (Abdelnour) to carry out the scheme and report the proceeds on his U.N. financial disclosure forms," Lewis said.
		Sevan is the focus of an investigation by the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York into the oil-for-food program.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/08/05/oil.food.sevan/index.html (896 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		Sevan's lawyer last August, that he was used by the U.N. probe as a "scapegoat" to "deflect attention from other, more politically powerful targets," I asked if he might like to share his own version of the events and characters involved in Oil for Food.
		Sevan had set up next to them a small square laundry rack, on which he was drying a dozen pairs or so of dark socks, pegged with blue, red and yellow plastic clothespins.
		Sevan goes into a back room to retrieve some photos of the bomb damage, and when he returns he is also carrying a cigar.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110008172 (1654 words)

	Hetq Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Sevan was once a reservoir of water fit for drinking, according to physical, chemical, and biological indices.
		Four years ago a project to restore Lake Gilli, in the southeast of the Sevan basin, was launched, and it was expected to play a vital role in saving the Sevan eco-system.
		There is another factor threatening the stability of the level of Sevan which is beyond human control, the negative impact of evaporation on the water level over the past few years.
	www.hetq.am /eng/ecology/0409-sevan.html (1472 words)

	Lake Sevan - Armeniapedia.org
		Locals have told visitors that the name Sevan comes from many centuries ago during a cold winter when one of the frequent invasions by Arabs was imminent.
		The villagers warned one another and proceeded across the ice of Sevan to the (then) island on which Sevanavank was located.
		On of the nicer (normal) ones is the Sevan Hotel at the very north end, just past the massive remains of an unfinished Soviet construction.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Lake_Sevan (584 words)

	SEVAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lake Sevan of Armenia, which lies on geographical co-ordinates 40o08'-40o49'N/44o58'-45o42'E is situated 60 km to the North-East from the city of Yerevan.
		Lake Sevan consists of two parts, differing by age and origin: Major Sevan with a surface area of 916 km² and Minor Sevan with a surface area of 328 km² (See fig.
		The catchment basin of Lake Sevan (4891 km2) belongs to the basin of the river Araks.
	www.uni-hohenheim.de /lake-sevan/lake_sevan.htm (328 words)

	SILNEWS23: What happened to Lake Sevant
		Sevan is one of the few lakes of the world that has been continuously studied since 1923 when a limnological station was created.
		A first "Sevan Committee" was created in 1958 and the USSR government issued a decree to maintain lake level as high as possible and to develop thermal power plants from imported fuel and approved only 6 of the 8 planned, hydropower stations.
		Sevan has been studied by numerous scientists since the 1920s in hydrology, hydrobiology, atmospheric physics, geochemistry, archaeology, etc. They have worked so far isolated from western science and sometimes without much overall evaluation of the multiple lake issues.
	www.limnology.org /news/23/sevan.html (2002 words)

	Lake Sevan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lake Sevan (Armenian: Սևանա լիճ, named Gegham Sea (Գեղամա ծով) in ancient times; Russian: Озеро Севан; Azeri: Göyçə gölü; Turkish: Gökçe Gölü) is the largest lake in Armenia and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world.
		Sevan trout (Salmo ischchan) was an endemic species of the lake, but it is endangered as some competitors were introduced into the lake, including common whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) from Lake Ladoga, goldfish (Carrasius auratus), and crayfish (Astacus leptodactylus).
		If the Sevan trout is likely to become extinct in its "home" lake, it seems that it will survive in Issyk-Kul lake (Kyrgyzstan) where it was introduced.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Sevan (1102 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Historically, Lake Sevan is perceived throughout the Caucasus region as an identifying symbol of the Armenian people and nation, and its environmental status became a political issue during the transition period.
		The water inflow to Lake Sevan is on average 262 million cubic meters/year and consists basically of precipitation (rain), inflow of surface water (rivers) and inflow of ground water.
		Lake Sevan National Park, established in 1978 to protect ecosystems and preserve the biodiversity within the basin, has been substantially ineffective in achieving these goals because its physical boundaries, responsibilities and authority relative to the many other users of Lake Sevan and its watershed are not adequately defined.
	www.usaid.gov /am/assets/SevanFinalEnglish.doc (14039 words)

	Annan and Sevan - August 1, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Sevan is currently the subject of an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau.
		Sevan's explanation that $160,000 found in his bank accounts was a gift from his late aunt, Berdjouchi Zeytountsian, who was a lifelong Cyprus government employee.
		Sevan immune from prosecution by maintaining his status as a United Nations employee, a substantial bonus over his symbolic $1-a-year salary.
	www.nysun.com /article/17884 (426 words)

	Friends of Saddam: Benon Sevan
		Benon Sevan, one of several top U.N. officials accused of receiving kickbacks from Saddam Hussein's government, ran the program for seven years but he went on vacation after the corruption and bribery scandal first broke.
		Sevan quickly let him know that he was "unmoved" by the demands of the Kurds.
		Sevan went on and said, " If they had a theme song, it would be ’Give Me, Give Me, Give Me. I am getting fed up with their complaints.
	www.acepilots.com /unscam/archives/000729.html (904 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Sevan accused of Oil-for-Food corruption
		Sevan was believed to be in Cyprus at the time of the reportâs release.
		Sevan resigned in February, telling UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that he was innocent and accused the UN of using him as a scapegoat.
		Sevan served as the programâs executive director from 1997 until 2003, when the program was halted in the face of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=12392 (772 words)

	After All Its Denials, U.N. Admits It Paid Oil-for-Food Program Aide's Legal Fees - March 22, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Sevan's legal fees were raised soon after the name of the oil-for-food program chief appeared on a list published by the Iraqi newspaper al-Mada shortly after the start of the Iraq war.
		Sevan's central role and the fact that the allegations dealt with the conduct of his official responsibilities.
		Sevan had solicited oil allocations from Iraq and that Saddam Hussein's regime believed it was "buying influence" inside the U.N. with the allocations.
	www.nysun.com /article/10909 (569 words)

	Benon Sevan's Finest Hour
		With Sevan a target of the U.N.-authorized probe into the Oil-for-Food scandal, Sevan's lawyer has just released letters accusing the U.N.-backed investigators of "systematically" depriving Sevan of access to U.N. documents and other information needed to defend himself.
		Sevan aside, the committee's findings have imposed spit-shine discipline on a few obscure U.N. officials, while dismissing as merely "inadequate" Annan's failure to inquire competently into conflicts of interest involving six-figure payments to his own son -- and excusing Annan's growing list of memory lapses along the way.
		If Sevan is serious about opening up U.N. records, his best bet is to pay a call to congressional investigators, and start by opening up himself -- not just in his own defense, but about the inner workings of the entire Oil-for-Food program, including the complicity of his boss, Kofi Annan.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2005/rosett080605.htm (1150 words)

	Stone Garden Productions - Lake Sevan Travel Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sevan is a great spot for a two-day, overnight excursion, especially for travelers who are touring as a family, because it offers outdoor recreational activities, in addition to traditional sightseeing.
		Near the town of Sevan on the northwestern shore there are a couple of privately operated beaches that offer modest amenities such as umbrellas, chairs and cafes.
		The Lake Gilli watershed, located in the southeastern corner of the Sevan basin, was once a complex wetland ecosystem with a water surface area of about 860 hectares.
	www.stonegardenproductions.com /pages/LakeSevan.htm (2293 words)

	Sevan - Armeniapedia.org
		One of the nicer places is the Sevan Hotel at the very north end, just past the massive remains of an unfinished Soviet construction.
		On the East shore is the Painter's House at the tip of the opposite penninsula near Shorjha, and just south of that is probably the nicest beach on the lake.
		Sevan is known for its 1,000-bed psychiatric hospital.
	www.armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=Sevan (590 words)

	Oil-for-food inquiry claims Sevan took $150,000 in payments
		Mr Sevan "had knowledge that some of the oil was purchased by paying illegal surcharges to Iraq in violation of United Nations sanctions", the committee said.
		Mr Sevan, who is in Cyprus, has expressed disappointment at Mr Annan's "expedient abandonment of Mr Sevan in the face of a politically motivated investigation".
		It added that he expressed displeasure in late 2000 at suggestions by the UN spokesman that the Iraqi regime was imposing a surcharge on oil sales, saying it "threatened to chill efforts by the secretary-general to entice the regime to co-operate".
	infowars.com /articles/nwo/oil_for_food_sevan_took_150k_payments.htm (758 words)

	Armenia 1999: Lake Sevan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Lake Sevan, 120 km northeast of Erivan, belongs to three Armenian Seas, how the lakes Van, Urmia and Sevan are called by the armenians.
		Lake Sevan is the largest alpine lake of the world and today it is the biggest water reservoir of Armenia, still suffering from big waterprojects in soviet times.
		Lake Sevan is also a place of Khatchkars, and at the cemetery of Noratous you will find hundreds of these cross-stones, which are so unique for armenian culture.
	www.avantart.com /armenia/sevan.html (237 words)

	SEVAN - Peintre, Painter, Pintor, Maler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sevan first began his journey into the heart of nature as a child.
		In cities along the way, children gathered and left their mark on the murals in hope that this world will be flourishing when it is their time to lead the way.
		Sevan was commissioned in 1991 by UNICEF to paint a 35' x 35' mural in Washington D.C. for the Third World Relief Fund to provide food, shelter, and medical services to all children.
	www.artactif.com /indexS/sevan.htm (330 words)

	CNN.com - Probe: Oil-for-food chief made illicit oil deals - Feb 3, 2005
		Sevan's counsel, Eric Lewis, issued a written statement saying, "It is unfortunate that the independent investigative committee has succumbed to massive political pressure and now seeks to scapegoat undersecretary-general and former executive director of the Iraq program, Benon Sevan, for problems with the oil-for-food program.
		Sevan ran the largest humanitarian program in U.N. history, a program that literally saved tens of thousands of innocent people from death by disease and starvation," Lewis said.
		Sevan, a 40-year U.N. employee, was appointed in 1997 as executive director of the oil-for-food program.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/02/03/oil.forfood/index.html (1020 words)

	OAD - Monuments - Literature - Sevan Monastery
		The Sevan monastery, built in 874 AD on a small peninsula overlooking the lake, is a wonderful example of Armenian architecture and is especially picturesque.
		Two carved wooden doors from the Sevan monastery (XII and XVI centuries), exemplifying the advanced art of woodwork, are preserved at the State History Museum.
		According to an inscription on the south wall of St Arakelots, the monastery was founded in 874 AD and was attributed to Princess Mariam, the wife of Prince Vasak of Kapur and the daughter of the Bagratuni King Ashot.
	www.armeniadiaspora.com /projects/monuments/sevan/sevan_literature.htm (578 words)

	Claudia Rosett on United Nations & Oil-for-Food Scandal on National Review Online
		Today, Sevan remains on the U.N. payroll as a $1-per-year “adviser,” retained by the secretary-general with no apparent duties but to “assist” in the U.N.-authorized Oil-for-Food inquiry — which Lewis, Sevan’s lawyer, is now denouncing on Sevan’s behalf as a cover-up in search of “cartoon villains, not the truth.”
		Sevan aside, the committee’s findings have imposed spit-shine discipline on a few obscure U.N. officials, while dismissing as merely “inadequate” Annan’s failure to inquire competently into conflicts of interest involving six-figure payments to his own son — and excusing Annan’s growing list of memory lapses along the way.
		If Sevan is serious about opening up U.N. records, his best bet is to pay a call to congressional investigators, and start by opening up himself — not just in his own defense, but about the inner workings of the entire Oil-for-Food program, including the complicity of his boss, Kofi Annan.
	www.nationalreview.com /rosett/rosett200508052041.asp (1224 words)

	Lake Sevan, Rivers and Lakes of Armenia, Rivers of Armenia and Armenia Lakes on Haykland.com
		Lake Sevan, Rivers and Lakes of Armenia, Rivers of Armenia and Armenia Lakes on Haykland.com
		Sevan in early December, the lake changes the color and usually matches the color of the skies.
		Every Summer Sevan is the place where almost entire population of Yerevan finds refuge from summer heat.
	www.haykland.com /lakes.php (280 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Former UN oil-for-food head quits
		Benon Sevan's announcement on Sunday came a day before a third report on the scandal-plagued programme is published.
		It is expected to accuse Mr Sevan of receiving cash in return for allocating Iraqi oil contracts in the mid-1990s.
		Mr Sevan said the real oil-for-food scandal was the way the programme was misrepresented by those who were against the UN.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/4130390.stm (390 words)

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