VOL. XXXIX

No. 50

9-September-1996

IRAQ

Iraqi Limited Oil Sales Plan Postponed Indefinitely

The crisis in northern Iraq last week and subsequent US missile attacks on the southern part of the country (see political analysis in Section C) have delayed the implementation of the oil-for-food plan provided for under Security Council resolution 986 and raised many questions about the future security of oil supply from Iraq. UN Secretary General Butros Ghali officially put on hold the...