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December 2000

• Belarus Reaches Out To Baghdad, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 248, Part II, 27 December 2000 -- First deputy head of the Belarusian presidential administration Vladmir Zametalin met with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on 23 December
• Iraq/Bomb, Voice of America, 24 December 2000 -- A British newspaper, The Sunday Times, is quoting an Iraqi dissident as saying Iraq is working on a nuclear bomb.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 3, No. 43, 22 December 2000 -- Europeans Said To Urge Iraq To Launch PR Campaign In US; Is Baghdad Being Forced To Justify Military Burden; Turkish Incursion Into Iraq Worsens PKK, PUK Feud; Russia, Iraq Discuss Maritime Cooperation; Syria, Iraq Reportedly At Odds Over Pipeline; Baghdad, Ukraine Move To Expand Ties; Transforming Playstations Into Supercomputers; Jordanian Trade With Iraq Jumps 60 Percent; First Armenian Plane Lands In Baghdad; Iraqi Trade Minister In Malaysia, Vietnam; Aziz Receives Spanish Delegation; Turkish Parliament Extends 'Northern Watch'; 'Uday Reelected Olympic Committee Chairman
• Russian Supplies To Iraq Since 1996 Total $1 Billion, RFE/RL Newsline, Vol. 4, No. 247, Part I, 22 December 2000 -- Over the past five years, Russia has supplied Iraq with equipment, materials, and spare parts for industry worth a total of $1 billion
• Security Council urges Iraq to cooperate on missing Kuwaitis, UN News, 20 December 2000 -- Expressing deep concern over the plight of Kuwaitis who have been missing since the Iraqi invasion of their country in 1990, members of the Security Council today urged Baghdad to cooperate on the issue.
• Iraq-Powell React, Voice of America, 17 December 2000 -- Iraq has dismissed remarks by president-elect (George W.) Bush's designated Secretary of State, Colin Powell, that he will try to re-energize international sanctions against Iraq.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 3, No. 42, 15 December 2000 -- Saddam Said To Be Close To Nuclear Arsenal; Iraqi Assault On Yezidi Town Fails; Iraqi Intelligence Steps Up Tracking of Dissidents Abroad; INC Condemns Intra-Kurdish Fighting; Iran Urges Reactivation of Algiers Accord With Iraq; Saddam Donates 1 Billion Euros To Palestinians; Syria-Iraq Pipeline Increases Syrian Oil Exports; Arabization In Kirkuk Intensifies; Turkmen Front Backs Iraq's Territorial Integrity; Assyrian Leader Meets British Diplomat; PKK Centers In CIS Highlighted
• After 12-day suspension, Iraq resumes exports under UN oil-for-food scheme, UN News, 13 December 2000 -- After a 12-day suspension, the United Nations-administered loading of Iraqi crude oil has resumed at an oil platform in the south of the country, a UN spokesman announced today.
• State Dept on Reported Illegal Iraqi Oil Sales, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 13 December 2000 -- The U.S. State Department has warned international oil companies to reject Iraq's reported attempts to collect secret premiums on its oil sales in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
• Iraq's suspension of oil exports continues, UN says, UN News, 12 December 2000 -- Iraq's suspension of its oil exports under the United Nations oil-for-food programme continued into its twelfth day even though the humanitarian scheme had been extended, the UN office overseeing the effort said today.
• Pentagon Spokesman's Regular Briefing - Iraqi Troop Movements, U.S. Department of Defense, 12 December 2000 -- Q: Is Saddam Hussein - is the Iraqi military moving against the Kurds in the north? There have been a number of reports.
• Iraq / U-N / oil, Voice of America, 11 December 2000 -- Iraq has officially accepted a renewal of the United Nations oil-for-food program, which is aimed at helping Iraqis hit hard by 10 years of economic sanctions.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 3, No. 41, 8 December 2000 -- Iraqi Troops Cross 36th Parallel; Saddam, Sons Directly Linked To Murder; UN Condemns Iraq For 'Widespread Terror'; The Volunteers Who Weren't; Syria Carefully Calculating In Ties With Iraq; Iraqi Food Rations Increased For Ramadan; Sudanese President To Visit Iraq; Pro-Moscow Chechen Governor To Visit Iraq, Libya; Belarusians React To Planned Lukashenka Trip To Iraq; Slavneft Plans Oilfield Development In Iraq; Iraq To Open Embassies In Four CIS Countries; UK Embassy Secretary Visits Iraqi Kurdistan; PKK Member Claims PUK Preparing For War; Assyrians Highlighted By Human Genetics Study; Assyrian Archbishop Asks For Lifting of Sanctions
• Iraq and UN agree on December petroleum prices under oil-for-food scheme, UN News, 08 December 2000 -- Iraq and the United Nations have reached agreement on petroleum prices for December under the UN's oil-for-food programme, a UN spokesman announced today.
• Knutsson to head UN body paying damages from Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, UN News, 07 December 2000 -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Rolf Göran Knutsson as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Compensation Commission, which pays damages for losses resulting from Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
• Secretary-General Announces Appointment of Rolf Knutsson As Executive Secretary Of United Nations Compensation Commission, UN Press Release, 07 December 2000 -- The Secretary-General today announced his decision to appoint Rolf Goran Knutsson of Sweden as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Compensation Commission. Mr. Knutsson succeeds Jean-Claude Aime of Haiti, who is completing his assignment in Geneva.
• U.S. Envoy to U.N. on Iraqi Oil-for-Food Program, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 06 December 2000 -- United Nations - The U.N. Oil-for-Food program is meeting the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people while denying the Baghdad regime access to funds to support internal repression and external aggression, U.S. Ambassador James Cunningham said December 5.
• Security Council Resolution on Iraqi Oil-for-Food Program, United Nations, 06 December 2000 --The text of a Security Council resolution extending the oil-for-food program for the ninth time since economic sanctions were imposed on Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait.
• U-N / Iraq / Oil Program, Voice of America, 05 December 2000 -- The United Nations Security Council has unanimously granted another six-month extension of the Iraqi "oil-for food" program.
• Security Council extends - and adjusts - Iraq oil-for-food programme, UN News, 05 December 2000 -- The Security Council today extended the oil-for-food programme for Iraq for a further six months while making adjustments in its functioning and funding.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi Passenger Aircraft, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 05 December 2000 -- Q: On Iraq, do you have any response to the Jordanian decision to give Iraq back some of its jets impounded during the Gulf War?
• Security Council Extends Iraq 'Oil-For-Food' Programme For Further 180-Day Period Beginning 6 December, UN Press Release, 05 December 2000 -- Determined to improve the humanitarian situation in Iraq, and convinced of the need for the equitable distribution of humanitarian supplies to all segments of the country's population, the Security Council this evening again extended the Iraq "oil-for-food" programme for a further 180-day period beginning 6 December.
• U-N- / Iraq Oil, Voice of America, 04 December 2000 -- The United Nations official in charge of the Iraq oil program, Benon Sevan, says the U-N Security Council must streamline the approval process for Iraqi imports.
• UN official urges Security Council to readjust work of Iraq sanctions committee, UN News, 04 December 2000 -- A top United Nations official today urged the Security Council to readjust the work of its committee monitoring the sanctions against Baghdad so as to expedite the delivery of humanitarian aid to Iraq.
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi Oil, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 04 December 2000 -- Q: All right, a couple of things come to mind. One is obviously looking for your - the US - reaction to Iraq's flip-flop on oil. And is there any wiggle room there? Do the people here see it as a straight reversal, or is there some - given Iraq's track record you never can be sure - are they back to where they were before they weren't there any more?
• Iraq Oil Update, Voice of America, 03 December 2000 -- Iraq's oil minister says the Iraqi government has no intention of halting or interrupting crude oil exports, two-days after pumping crude oil was suspended at two major terminals.
• Iraq-Oil, Voice of America, 03 December 2000 -- A senior Iraqi official says Iraq will stop oil exports if it does not obtain a new price arrangement from the United Nations.
• U-N / Iraq, Voice of America, 01 December 2000 -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan says the humanitarian situation in Iraq has improved since the U-N oil-for-food program began.
• Jordan Plane, Voice of America, 01 December 2000 -- A Jordanian airliner is back in Amman after a flight to Baghdad that is being billed as the first commercial flight to Iraq since the Gulf War.
• RFE/RL Iraq Report, Vol. 3, No. 40, 1 December 2000 -- Iraq To Sue U.S., Britain, And Kuwait In World Court; Saddam Defines The Role of Political Parties; Baghdad Expresses Support For Palestinians' Intifadah; Iraq Seeks To Expand Aid To Palestinians; Aziz Seeks Russian, Chinese Support; Moscow Says Sanctions Slow Demining In Iraq, Libya; Jordan, Iraq Discuss Industrial Cooperation...As Iraqi-Syrian Medical Week Opens In Baghdad; Iraq VP Gets Red Carpet Treatment In India; Japan Seeks More Trade With Iraq, To Reopen Embassy; Aziz Asks Syrian Support For Dealings With Kurds; Kdp Still Waiting For Baghdad's Next Move; Turkmen Front Congress Concludes
• State Department Noon Briefing - Iraqi Oil, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, 01 December 2000 -- Q: Okay. Good. Saddam Hussein has said he will not be selling his oil through the Oil for Food Program. Do we have any comment on this?

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