VOL. XLIV

No. 09

26-February-2001

IRAQ

US/UN Begin Review Of Iraqi Sanctions

After a long stalemate following the Security Councils approval of resolution 1284 on 17 December 1999 and Iraqs rejection of it (MEES, 20 December 1999), talks on Iraqi sanctions start once more in New York this week between an Iraqi delegation headed by Foreign Minister Muhammad Sa'id al-Sahaf and a UN delegation headed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Simultaneously, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and several...