VOL. XLI

No. 49

7-December-1998

IRAQ

The View From Washington On Sanctions Against Iraq

by Robert H. Pelletreau

The following is the text of an address delivered by Ambassador RobertPelletreau at the conference on Iraq Oil and Gas Post-Sanctions, organized by CWCAssociates, in Paris on 30 November-1December. Mr. Pelletreau was US Assistant Secretaryof State for Near Eastern Affairs from February 1994 to January 1997. He is now a partnerin the law firm Afridi and Angell in Washington D.C.

Since the...