VOL. XXXVI

NO. 24

15-MARCH-1993

IRAQ

Iraq Refuses to Export Oil under Present UN Terms

Mr. Barazan al-Tikriti, half-brother of President Saddam Husain, Ambassadorto the UN in Geneva and Adviser to the President, told the Arabic languageLondon-daily al-Quds al-'Arabi on 8 March that his country rejects present UNterms for the export of Iraqi oil and that Baghdad "has decided to livewithout oil" as long as oil exports "are tied to conditions thatinfringe on the sovereignty of the country and the...