VOL. XLI

No. 18

4-May-1998

IRAQ

Work On Supplementary Oil-For-Food Program Inches Forward

Security Council deliberations on the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destructiontook center stage last week, relegating the oil-for-food program to the background for thetime being. Iraqi officials are now saying that the new distribution plan will besubmitted in mid/late May instead of the early part of the month, as was previouslyannounced (MEES, 27 April).

The Security Council decided last week to...