AUSTRIA: UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MEETS AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT KLESTIL AND SAYS UN DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY ABOUT IRAQI OIL AND SANCTIONS

Record ID: 222985

  • Title: AUSTRIA: UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN MEETS AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT KLESTIL AND SAYS UN DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY ABOUT IRAQI OIL AND SANCTIONS
  • Date: 22nd April 2003
  • Summary: (W5) VIENNA, AUSTRIA (APRIL 22, 2003) (REUTERS) 1. EXTERIOR OF HOFBURG PALACE 0.05 2. SLV UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SHAKING HANDS WITH AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT THOMAS KLESTIL AND WALKING INTO ANOTHER ROOM (3 SHOTS) 0.26 3. SMV UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND THOMAS KLESTIL SITTING AROUND TABLE 0.32 4. SCU ANNAN 0.36 5. PAN TO SCU KLESTIL 0.43 6. WIDE OF MEETING 0.49 7. SLV ANNAN AND KLESTIL POSING FOR MEDIA 0.55 4. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNAN SAYING "I think the June 3rd review was originally intended to review the oil for food scheme. The question of the lifting of sanctions has been raised and I think the sanctions have to be lifted some day. I hope the Council (Security Council) will focus on what needs to be done in order to have them (sanctions) lifted." 1.18 5. SCU ANNAN AND AUDIO OF JOURNALIST ASKING QUESTION: "Do you think the U.N. can make the arrangements necessary to make the Iraqi oil flowing before June" 1.23 6. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) ANNAN ANSWERING QUESTION "There are serious discussions in the Council and this is one of the issues that is being discussed." 1.32 7. SLV ANNAN AND KLESTIL WALKING FROM ROOM 1.38 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th May 2003 13:00
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  • Location: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
  • Country: Austria
  • Reuters ID: LVACQRXHXOH7KX968XZRU6IIPQO0
  • Story Text: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said
    that serious discussions were underway in the U.N. Security
    Council to get Iraqi oil exports flowing again.



    The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan
    acknowledged Washington's call for end to sanctions on Iraq,
    but declined to speculate on a possible timetable for the
    lifting of the 12-year U.N. embargo.

    With the United States pushing for a full lifting of
    sanctions there are worries that Iraqi oil exports, Baghdad's
    main revenue earner, may not resume any time soon under the
    U.N.'s oil-for-food programme.

    "There are serious discussions in the council and this is
    one of the issues that is being discussed," Annan said of a
    restoration of the programme after talks with Austrian
    President Thomas Klestil.

    "The question of the lifting of sanctions has been raised
    and I think the sanctions have to be lifted some day. I hope
    the Council will focus on what needs to be done," Annan said.

    He was speaking ahead of a 1930GMT session of the
    Security Council on Tuesday on the seven-year programme.

    The U.N. has the authority to oversee Iraq oil sales
    until June 3 when the existing six-month phase of oil-for-food
    expires.

    Legal uncertainty over the ownership of Iraq's oil has
    kept shipments at a standstill since the start of the U.S.-led
    war a month ago.


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