Iraq

Iraq earns additional €354 million under UN's oil-for-food scheme

1 May 2001
Iraq has earned an additional €354 million (euros) under the United Nations oil-for-food programme, which allows Baghdad to export its petroleum and use a portion of the revenues to purchase humanitarian relief.

Iraq earns additional €370 million under UN's oil-for-food programme

24 April 2001
Iraq has earned an additional €370 million (euros) under the United Nations oil-for-food programme, according to new statistics released today by the office overseeing the scheme, which allows Baghdad to export its petroleum and use a portion of the profits for humanitarian relief.
Amb. Greenstock speaking to the press

Security Council members call on Iraq to cooperate on missing Kuwaitis

20 April 2001
Security Council members today expressed concern at the plight of Kuwaiti and third country nationals missing since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, and called on Baghdad to cooperate with the United Nations official who is looking into that matter.

IAEA remains ready to resume verification work in Iraq: report

9 April 2001
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) remains prepared to resume its inspections in Iraq on short notice in order to verify the status of the country's past clandestine nuclear programme, according to the Agency's latest progress report, which was released today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

UN's Iraq-Kuwait mission promotes calm and should be maintained - report

2 April 2001
Carrying out its tasks "smoothly," the United Nations UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) is contributing to calm along the border and should be maintained, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report released today.