In 1999, Iraq suffered its worst drought of the century, with the effect of triggering an even greater dependence on imported grain under the oil for food program.

1999年，伊拉克蒙受了该世纪最严重的干旱，结果是引发了对于“石油换食品计划”项下的进口谷物的更大依赖。

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's Oil-for-Food program, which ran from 1996 to 2003 and was aimed at helping the people of U.N.

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Russia and France have outstanding oil contracts with the former regime of Saddam Hussein, reached under the oil-for-food program.

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Then there is the matter of putting enforcement in the hands of the same organization that oversaw Iraq's oil-for-food program.

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