VOL. XXXIV

NO. 46

19-AUGUST-1991

Many Question Marks Surround Mechanics Of UN Plan For Iraqi Oil Sales

A host of question marks still surround the practical mechanics of the UnitedNations plan to permit limited Iraqi oil exports under strict UN supervision tofinance humanitarian imports and war reparations payments. As expected, theresolution embodying the plan was adopted by the Security Council on 15 August(for text see D Section), essentially unchanged from the draft which wasextensively...