VOL. XL

No. 43

27-October-1997

IRAQ

Security Council Divided Over Iraq As Crisis Looms Between BaghdadAnd UNSCOM

For the first time since August 1990 Russia and France have succeeded in blocking aUS/UK initiative to impose new sanctions against Iraq. However the current crisis is farfrom over, since the new Security Council resolution leaves the door open for anotherconfrontation between Baghdad and the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM), and it is now up toIraq to decide whether and how it will...