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Born into an Armenian family in Cyprus, Sevan was educated at the prestigious Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia. He obtained a BA in History and Philosophy at Columbia College, New York , and a further degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University . He joined the United Nations in 1965 and worked, among other places, in West Irian Jaya , as well as on issues related to prisoners of war in the Iran-Iraq conflict. From 1982 to March 1988 Sevan was secretary of the UN Economic and Social Council. In April 1988 he was appointed director and senior political advisor to the secretary-general's representative on the Afghan conflict. In January 1991 the secretary general appointed him to head the Office coordinating humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. In July 1992 he was named assistant secretary general in the UN department of political affairs. But Sevan came to world attention as investigations began into the Oil-for-Food program. Sevan reportedly accepted bribes from Saddam Hussein in the form of Oil Voucher s, 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. On 2005, just one day before the report was due to be published. In October 2005 it was reported he had fled the US and returned to his native Cyprus. No treaty exists between the US and Cyprus that would enable Benon to be extradited for any potential trial. Sevan is married with one daughter. EXTERNAL LINKS
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