5. SANCTIONS
ON IRAQ
See example
Discontinue sanctions on Iraq
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/theindex.htm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/sanction/indexone.htm
Meanwhile,
Back in Iraq (November 20, 2000)
Stratfor writes on Russia's call for an end to US and British air strikes
against Iraqi targets. Putin also declared "the Russian leadership's
firm intention to obtain a rapid political settlement to the Iraqi problem,
including the lifting of sanctions against Iraq."
Russia
in New Push to Lift Iraq Sanctions (September 12, 2000)
France and Russia are stepping up the pressure on Iraq sanctions
and the Financial Times worries that the sanctions "will soon be meaningless".
Russia has written to the Secretary General arguing a substantial loss of
business from the embargo.
Britain
and US Isolated Over Tottering Trade Embargo on Iraq (August 2, 2000)
France, China, and Russia are for lifting Iraq sanctions. The UK and the
US are adamant about imposing sanctions until the elimination of weapons
of mass destruction is confirmed. However it seems that the UK is now starting
to question this stance. (Daily Telegraph - London)
 France
Calls for Lifting of Sanctions Against Iraq (August
1, 2000) The US-UK bombing is “useless and not understandable”
and sanctions against Iraq are “cruel, inefficient and dangerous,”
says the French Foreign Minister. (Xinhua News Agency).
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