Iraq ‘Oil-for-Food’ Program Extended
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The Security Council agreed to extend for six months a humanitarian program to help ordinary Iraqis cope with economic sanctions. Despite its unanimous vote on the “oil-for-food” program, the council remains deeply divided over how to improve conditions in Iraq and restart U.N. arms inspections halted by Western airstrikes. The U.N. program allows Iraq to export $5.25 billion in oil over six months to buy food and humanitarian supplies.
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