VOL. XL

No. 23

9-June-1997

IRAQ

IRAQ AND THE UNITED NATIONS

Shortage Of Medical Supplies In Iraq "Demonstrably Critical And SometimesDesperate"

Less than a third of the food supplies allocated to Iraq in the firstsix months of the oil-for-food deal organized under the terms of UN resolution 986 hadbeen distributed by the end of May, according to the Secretary-General's report to theSecurity Council, dated 2 June. Despite the under-performance, the report says that therehas been "notable progress...