VOL. XXXI

NO. 2

19-OCTOBER-1987

OAPEC

OAPEC Calls on Superpowers to End the Gulf War

An editorial published in the October 1987 issue of the monthly OAPEC Bulletin discusses the importance of Gulf oil to the world economy and calls onthe superpowers to shoulder their responsibilities to end the Iraq-Iran warthrough the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution No. 598.

The editorial notes that "repeated Iranian threats in recent months torestrict international shipping through the Strait of...