VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 34

22-MAY-1995

Iraq

Iraq Officially Informs UN Of Its Rejection Of Resolution 986

Mr. Muhammad Sa'id al-Sahaf, the Iraqi Foreign Minister, visited New York on10 May to inform the UN officially of his country's rejection of SecurityCouncil Resolution 986 on limited oil sales. Two reasons were given for thisrefusal: the provision in the resolution that the distribution of humanitariansupplies to the Kurdish provinces should be undertaken by the UN and not theIraqi Government, which...