VOL. XLII

No. 30

26-July-1999

IRAQ

Security Council Vote On New IraqSanctions Resolution Targeted For Next Month

MEES soundings indicate that consultations among the fivepermanent members of the Security Council have intensified lately with a viewto bringing the UK/Dutch draft resolution on Iraq to a vote next month.However, there are still three areas of contention: disarmament, the degree ofUN financial control over Iraqi oil funds, and the lifting of sanctions onimports as well as on exports....