VOL. XXXIX

No. 35

27-May-1996

IRAQ

Though UN-Iraqi Oil Sales Deal Is Sealed, Much Uncertainty Remains Over Timetable For Start Of Exports

After nearly four months of negotiations, Iraq agreed on 20 May to implement Security Council resolution 986 on humanitarian oil sales in accordance with the memorandum of understanding (MOU) concluded with the UN Secretariat, as modified by the US and the UK (for full text of the MOU, see pp. D1-8). The obviously difficult decision on the part of...