VOL. XLIV

No 44

29-October-2001

IRAQ

US/UK To Put IraqSmart Sanctions Back On Agenda

MEESlearns from US diplomats that theBush administration, with support from the UK, is to try once more to winsupport for a Security Council resolution on smart sanctions against Iraq whenthe current six-month phase of the oil-for-food deal with the UN comes up forrenewal on 30 November. Attempts by the US and UK to introduce changes to Iraqisanctions at the end of May failed because Russia objected to the...