VOL. XXXIV

NO. 25

25-MARCH-1991

US Draft UN Resolution Envisages Payment Of War Damage Compensation ByIraq From Future Oil Exports

The UN Security Council is currently discussing a US- sponsored draftresolution which would impose draconian terms on Iraq in return for a permanentceasefire and the lifting of trade sanctions. Among other provisions - whichwould include elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, a continuedlong-term arms embargo against Iraq, and demarcation of the...