VOL. XL

No. 31

4-August-1997

IRAQ

Prospects Now Look Brighter For Early Restart Of Iraqi Oil Exports

Finally there appears to be real light at the end of the tunnel as regards thelong-delayed resumption of Iraqi oil exports. The key process of negotiating and approvingthe plan for distribution of humanitarian suppliers under the UN oil-for-food programlooks to be moving towards an imminent conclusion - some two months after Baghdad's suddenannouncement that a new distribution plan would be...