DATE=6/22/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250968
TITLE=UN/ IRAQ (L-O)
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=NEW YORK
CONTENT=
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INTRO:   AT THE UNITED NATIONS TODAY (TUESDAY), BRITAIN FORMALLY 
INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION TO EASE SANCTIONS ON IRAQI EXPORTS -- 
SUCH AS OIL -- IF BAGHDAD COMPLIES WITH U-N RESOLUTIONS REQUIRING
IRAQ TO ELIMINATE ITS WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION. CORRESPONDENT 
BARBARA SCHOETZAU REPORTS.

TEXT:   THE RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A PARTIAL SUSPENSION OF THE  
EMBARGO ON IRAQI EXPORTS THAT THE UNITED NATIONS IMPOSED AFTER 
IRAQ INVADED KUWAIT ALMOST NINE YEARS AGO. 

THE RESOLUTION -- CO-SPONSORED BY ARGENTINA, THE NETHERLANDS AND 
SLOVENIA --  ALSO SETS UP A NEW WEAPONS INSPECTION BODY TO 
REPLACE THE U-N SPECIAL COMMISSION -- UNSCOM --  THE 
CONTROVERSIAL CURRENT INSPECTION AND MONITORING MECHANISM.

THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN INFORMALLY CIRCULATING AMONG SECURITY 
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE PAST WEEK.  BRITISH AMBASSADOR JEREMY 
GREENSTOCK SAYS THE RESOLUTION IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMPLISH SEVERAL 
GOALS.

                    //// GREENSTOCK ACT ////

         TO INSTITUTE A NEW COMMISSON FOR INSPECTION AND 
         MONITORING IN IRAQ, TO TAKE FORWARD THE DISARMAMENT 
         ASPECTS OF THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS, TO BRING URGENT 
         ACTION ON THE ISSUES OF THE KUWAITI P-O-W'S (PRISONERS 
         OF WAR) AND OTHER MISSING AND KUWAITI PROPERTY AND, MOST
         IMPORTANT OF ALL, TO INTRODUCE SOME CHANGES TO THE 
         HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM IN IRAQ, WHICH WILL BRING INCREASED
         FUNDS, INCREASED ACTION, INCREASED DELIVERY TO THE 
         PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING MOST FROM THE CONDUCT OF THE 
         REGIME. 

                        /// END ACT /// 

AMBASSADOR GREENSTOCK SAYS THE RESOLUTION HAS RECEIVED A WARM 
RECEPTION DESPITE POLITICAL DIVISIONS ON THE SECURITY COUNCIL. 

THE UNITED STATES HAS ALREADY SAID IT SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION. 
BUT CHINA, FRANCE AND RUSSIA ARE BACKING A MEASURE THAT WOULD 
LIFT THE EMBARGO ON IRAQI IMPORTS ALSO, NOT JUST EXPORTS. AND 
THEY WANT A NEW AND EXPANDED MONITORING MECHANISM CLOSELY 
PATTERNED ON A RECOMMENDATION TO SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN BY 
A SPECIAL PANEL. (SIGNED)

NEB/NY/BJS/LSF/PT

22-Jun-99 3:54 PM EDT (1954 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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