VOL. XXXV

NO. 14

6-JANUARY-1992

Despite Vienna Meeting Major Political Obstacles Still Obstruct Iraqi OilSales

The meeting scheduled for 6-7 January in Vienna between Iraqi and UNSecretariat officials should best be viewed as the starting point of an ongoinginformal dialogue between the parties on acceptable procedures for implementingthe UN plan for regulated Iraqi oil sales under the sanctions system, ratherthan as signaling any decisive breakthrough towards an imminent resumption ofIraqi oil...