IRAQ: IRAQ HAS OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED THE UNITED NATIONS OF ITS AGREEMENT TO AN EXTENSION OF THE COUNTRY'S OIL-FOR -FOOD DEAL

Record ID: 337927

  • Title: IRAQ: IRAQ HAS OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED THE UNITED NATIONS OF ITS AGREEMENT TO AN EXTENSION OF THE COUNTRY'S OIL-FOR -FOOD DEAL
  • Date: 11th December 2000
  • Summary: BAGHDAD, IRAQ (DECEMBER 11, 2000) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. CU UNITED NATIONS SIGN 0.04 2. SV TUN MYAT, U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ'S OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME WITH INTERVIEWER 0.08 3. MCU (English) TUN MYAT, U.N. HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ'S OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME, SAYING: "There are a number of positive provisions in this r
  • Embargoed: 26th December 2000 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVADPD15Z5KC6HR70DYB5N8U0RKP
  • Story Text: Iraq has officially notified the United Nations of its
    agreement to an extension of the country's oil-for-food deal
    for a ninth six-month phase, the official Iraqi News Agency
    (INA) has said.



    U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq's Oil for Food
    programme, Tun Myat of Myanmar, said on Monday (December 11)
    that there were positive provisions in resolution 1330, one in
    particular, para 15, gives another 600 hundred million euros
    for investment in the oil sector.

    The Security Council voted unanimously on December 5 to
    renew the humanitarian programme for six months. The programme
    is a lifeline for 23 million people living under 10-year-old
    crippling sanctions after the Gulf War in 1991.

    On his arrival in Baghdad on April 30, 2000, Myat vowed to
    ensure relief to Iraqi people through the oil-for-food deal.

    Hans Von Sponeck of Germany quit the post last February
    under strong U.S. pressure over his outspoken criticism of the
    punishing effects of the sanctions. His predecessor, Denis
    Halliday of Ireland, left in 1998 for similar reasons.

    The office of the Iraq Programme (OIP) is in charge of
    Iraq's oil-for-food deal with the United Nations. The
    programme, which went into effect in December 1996, is
    currently allowing Baghdad to sell unlimited quantities of its
    oil.

    Iraq has recently said it planned to boycott companies and
    countries that sold its crude oil to states it regards as
    hostile.

    Although Iraq did not name the countries Baghdad
    considered hostile, it was clearly referring mainly to the
    United States, which led 1991 Gulf War against Iraq.

    The United States and Britain also launched four-day of
    wide-scale air raids against Iraq in 1998 and their warplanes
    currently enforce no-fly zones in northern and southern Iraq.

    Iraq sells oil under oil-for-food deal with the U.N. to
    buy food, medicine and other humanitarian needs for the Iraqi
    people reeling under stringent sanctions.

    Iraqi oil exports were halted on Friday after Baghdad
    insisted buyers of its crude pay a surcharge outside the terms
    of the U.N. oil-for-food programme.


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