VOL. XXXIX

No. 29

15-April-1996

IRAQ

UN And Iraq Start Third Round Of Oil-For-Food Talks

As scheduled, UN and Iraqi teams, headed respectively by Mr. Hans Corell and Dr. 'Abd al-Amir al-Anbari, began a third round of technical talks in New York on 8 April on the implementation of Security Council resolution 986 regarding limited Iraqi oil sales for the purchase of humanitarian supplies. Though both parties have expressed cautious optimism that a deal between the UN and Iraq on the...