VOL. XLI

No. 02

12-January-1998

IRAQ

The Middle East: Prospects For Stability

by Isam al-Chalabi

The following is the text of an address delivered by Mr. Isamal-Chalabi, former Iraqi Minister of Oil and presently a consultant in Amman, Jordan, atthe Oil and Money Conference held in London on 18-19 November 1997.

I would like to start my presentation by quoting a phrase thatwas used at the final session of the Security Council last month before voting onresolution 1134, which triggered the latest...