VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 44

31-JULY-1995

Iraq Pins Hopes On A Positive Ekeus Report

Iraq is pinning its hopes for the lifting of UN oil sanctions on the beliefthat Mr. Rolf Ekeus, the head of UNSCOM, will now report positively to theSecurity Council on the elimination of its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) andthat the Council will thereafter begin to discuss the possibility of lifting thesanctions in accordance with paragraph 22 of Resolution 687. However, there isno sign whatsoever that there has been...