UNITED NATIONS : U.S. Objects to Iraq’s Distribution Plans
From Times Wire Reports
The United States objected to Iraq’s plan for distributing food and medicine purchased with oil revenues, a move expected to delay Baghdad’s return to world petroleum markets. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali must approve the plan before Iraq can resume exports under the oil-for-food agreement. But U.S. officials said Iraq is seeking to use the revenues to repair damage from the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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