Benon Sevan

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Benon Vahe Sevan (Armenian: Բենոն Վահե Սևան; 18 December 1937 – 5 October 2026) was a Cypriot international diplomat who was head of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Programme, established in 1996 and charged with preventing Baathist Iraq's government from using the proceeds from oil exports for anything but food, medicine and other items to benefit the civilian population.