VOL. XLIII

No. 08

21 February 2000

The Political Scene

The resignation of two senior UN officials in Baghdad in protest against the continued imposition of sanctions on Iraq has moved the whole question of the sanctions to the front burner, and even in the US Congress there appears to be growing opposition to the administrations policy. The deadline for a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians on final status issues has come and gone. The situation in south Lebanon appears to...