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Congress notice to UN on Volcker report

     New Delhi: The Congress Party has decided to send a comprehensive legal notice to the UN and the Volcker Committee and demanded a full disclosure of the materials on the basis of which the Committee has said that the party was a beneficiary in the UN "Oil for Food" contracts. The party said that it was shocked to find that it has been referred to as a "non-contractual beneficiary" in the Volcker report. It said that the Congress unequivocally and categorically denied any knowledge of or connection with any "oil for food" contracts and had no dealings with the Government of Iraq or any of its agencies or with any other company or individual. It said that in the event of the world body and the Committee failing to disclose any relevant materials to substantiate the claims, the Congress would demand an "unconditional apology for wrongly and maliciously making a reference to it".