VOL. XLV

No 48

2-December-2002

IRAQ

US Insists On Linking Oil-For-Food Program With Revised Goods Review List

The UN Security Council on 25 November agreed on an interim extension of nine days to the current phase of the oil-for-food program. The decision was taken after the US insisted, late in the evening and just hours before the current phase was due to end, that the next one should last 90 days instead of the customary 180. This followed a demand by the Pentagon that certain items should be...