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Iraq Crisis January through March 1999 - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
Iraq CrisisJanuary through March 1999
UN Report Says Iraq Needs Oil Investments to Rise from Poverty (March 30, 1999)
This article looks into some of the proposals of the UN committee on Iraq, suggesting that there may be more constructive and humane ways to resolve this issue.UN Panel Seeks to Ease Suffering of Iraq's People (March 31, 1999)
New York Times article on a new report to the Security Council recommending ways to improve the humanitarian situation in Iraq. The US and the UK may block some of the proposals.Healing the Wounds (March/April 1999)
Piece from Toward Freedom looks into the economic affects of the Iraq sanctions, displaying quite graphically just how little of a threat Iraq poses.
Iraq's Chilling Economic Statistics (March 18, 1999)
This short article looks into the economic aspects of the Iraq crisis, displaying quite graphically just how little of a threat Iraq poses.
Iraq Breaks Sanctions by Flying Pilgrims to Saudi Arabia (March 16, 1999)
In the face of sanctions, Iraqi Muslims demonstrate their faith.
Richard Butler - Servant of the UN or Washington? (February 1999)
As head of UNSCOM, Butler is supposed to be a UN civil servant, however, as this analysis shows, he has served the interests of the US rather than those of the world body.Airstrikes Try to Push Hussein Off Balance (March 7, 1999)
In addition to increased bombing and wider selection of targets, the US is now looking into the possibility of arranging a coup to topple Saddam Hussein.
Unexplained Strategies on Iraq (March 3, 1999)
New York Times editorial on the shift of US strategy towards Iraq.
U.S. Spied on Iraq Via U.N. (March 2, 1999)
Washington Post report on the extent of the U.S.'s unauthorized use of UNSCOM to spy on Iraq.Press Briefing by United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. (March 1, 1999)
Hans Van Sponeck, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, told correspondents today at the press briefing that there is a certain shrinking in the freedom of UN humanitarian operations.Iraqi Infant Malnutrition 'Unacceptably High': UN (February 25, 1999)
This article shows the frustration of the lack of success with the oil-for-food program in Iraq.Iraq to Ban Imports From U.S., Britain (February 23, 1999)
Article shows Iraq's importing practices under oil-for-food program.
CIA Was With UN in Iraq for Years, Ex-Inspector Says (February 23, 1999)
An upcoming book by former arms inspector Scott Ritter says American spies were placed on UN weapons inspection teams in Iraq a year after the Persian Gulf war.Exposed: Britain and America's Merciless Secret Blitz on Iraq (February 21, 1999)
Article from the Sunday Independent discusses some of the issues surrounding the Anglo-American bombing campaigns. It also looks at the media's complacency.
Bomb. Missile. Bomb. (February 21, 1999)
It seems that the US and Britain have taken over the Iraq situation from the UN - it has now gone far beyond the persual of a diplomatic solution, and is now an open call for Mr. Hussein's removal.The UN's Own Little Kurdish State (February 20, 1999)
Thanks to the UN 'angel', Kurd villagers "have never had it so good". Under the terms of the oil-for-food programme, the government of Iraq must set aside 20% of the revenue for the Kurdish areas.The Standoff Continues (February 16, 1999)
Margaret Warner interviews Edmund Ghareeb and Denis Halliday on the latest attack on Iraq and the question of sanctions.'Intrusive' Iraq Check Proposed (February 10, 1999)
The International Atomic Energy Agency's report to the Security Council proposes new long-term monitoring plans.Butler Will Not Seek Another Term (February 5, 1999)
Butler couples his intention to leave when his contract expires in June with strong criticism of Russia.Conflicting Agendas Facing Canada at UN (February 3, 1999)
Article from a Canadian perspective, on the attempt to steer the Iraq plan through a deadlocked Security Council.Iraq Rejects U.N. Decision to Create Study Panels (February 1, 1999)
Iraq calling for immediate action to lift sanctions, but the Security Council stays firm until Iraq has complied weapon elimination.Security Council Resolution Regarding Iraq (January 30, 1999)
Notes By Amb. Celso Amorim of Brazil, President of the Security Council in January 1999.US Backs a 3-Part Review of Iraq-UN Relations (January 28, 1999)
Support for Canadian proposal gains momentum.Canada Trying to Break UN Impasse on Iraq (January 28, 1999)
However, divisions remain within the Security Council on this latest proposal.Iraq Sanctions Leave Mark On Children: Malnutrition, Unawareness Define Youth (January 25, 1999)
Charles Sennott looks at the lives of the children of Baghdad. Irreversibly changed by years of sanctions and betrayed by their government, these children represent the future of Iraq.Canada Proposes a 'Third Way' to Deal With the Iraqis (January 23, 1999)
An attempt to end the current gridlock in the Security Council, the proposal calls for assessments of the status of Iraq's disarmament and humanitarian situation.Walking the International Tightrope (January 19, 1999)
A New York Times Op-Ed from Secretary General Kofi AnnanRussia Presents Plan to End Iraqi Oil Embargo, Replace UNSCOM (January 16, 1999)
The new Russian proposal calls for more UN involvement in the overseeing of Iraq's demilitarization. It responds to international frustration with US influence over Butler and his team.Council Deliberates on Iraq (January 15, 1999)
First serious discussions on how the SC is to resume monitoring Baghdad's weapons programs while improving the humanitarian situation for the Iraqi people.UN: Iraq Not Buying Food Under Plan (January 14, 1999)
Western diplomats fear Iraq may be delaying signing humanitarian aid contracts at a time when it is trying to increase pressure to have the U.N. oil embargo lifted.US Wants Iraq Oil Ceiling Lifted (January 14, 1999)
Springboarding from the French proposal, the administration insists this would be an expansion of oil-for-food and not a lifting of sanctions.France, in Break with US, Urges End to Iraq Embargo (January 14, 1999)
More details and responses on France's proposal for Iraq Embargo.France Presents Iraq Embargo Plan (January 13, 1999)
France outlines a proposal to ease the oil embargo on Iraq, while also establishing a weapons monitoring program.Butler Admits Weapons Outfit Faces Overhaul (January 13, 1999)
UNSCOM is unlikely to continue in its present form after the storm of controversy over its role in Iraq.U.S. More Isolated in U.N. on Keeping the Iraq Sanctions (January 12, 1999)
A growing number of Security Council members and Arab nations support lifting an embargo on Iraqi oil sales or significantly relaxing sanctions in other ways to relieve the suffering of the Iraqi people.Now Butler Admits UN May Have Fed Iraqi Secrets to US (January 9, 1999)
Sydney Morning Herald interview with Richard Butler.Reports of US Spying Dim Outlook for Iraq Inspections (January 8, 1999)
Some officials expressed concern that the uproar over the spying reports could jeopardize other UN disarmament operations or could rekindle suspicions of some member nations about U.S. intentions within the organization.UN Details Civilian Bombing Damage in Iraq (January 7, 1999)
US and British air raids last month damaged schools, hospitals, and knocked out water supplies for 300,000 people in Baghdad.US Spying Goals in Iraq Called Difficult (January 7, 1999)
United States faced a difficult task in achieving the stated policy of toppling the Iraqi leader's regime, intelligence analysts said yesterday.Spying by UNSCOM Denied (January 7,1999)
US officials acknowledge receiving intelligence information about Iraq from United Nations weapons inspectors, but describe it as a byproduct of the inspectors' mission.Annan Suspicious Of UNSCOM Role (January 6, 1999)
Evidence that U.N. inspectors helped collect eavesdropping intelligence used in American efforts to undermine the Iraqi regime.US used UN to spy on Iraq, Aides Say (January 6, 1999)
US intelligence agencies carried out ambitious spying operation designed to penetrate Iraq's intelligence apparatus and track the movement of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
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