VOL. XXXVI

NO. 43

26-JULY-1993

Financial and Banking News

ECONOMIC

FAO Warns Of Famine In Iraq

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that largenumbers of Iraqis now have food intakes lower than those of populations indisaster striken African countries. "The vast majority are simply engagedin a struggle for survival...with increasing numbers losing out," it adds.The organization says that pre-famine indicators, such as exorbitant prices, acollapse of private income and...