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SC/6478

SECURITY COUNCIL INCREASES IRAQ'S OIL EXPORTS TO $5.256 BILLION UNDER 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' PROGRAMME FOR NEW 180-DAY PERIOD

20 February 1998


Press Release
SC/6478


SECURITY COUNCIL INCREASES IRAQ'S OIL EXPORTS TO $5.256 BILLION UNDER 'OIL-FOR-FOOD' PROGRAMME FOR NEW 180-DAY PERIOD

19980220

Determined to avoid a further deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Iraq, the Security Council this afternoon decided to permit the import of up to $5.256 billion in Iraqi oil and oil products -- up from the previous $2 billion -- for a new 180-day period under the "oil-for food" resolution 986 (1995).

IHA/649

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS $109.4 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN

19 February 1998


Press Release
IHA/649


UNITED NATIONS SEEKS $109.4 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO SUDAN

19980219

NEW YORK, 19 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- A deadly combination of intensified fighting and widespread drought is threatening to displace hundreds of thousands of Sudanese from their homes and put entire communities at risk of severe hunger and life-threatening disease.

DCF/325

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM CHILE, GERMANY, ITALY, POLAND AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION

19 February 1998


Press Release
DCF/325


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM CHILE, GERMANY, ITALY, POLAND AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION

19980219

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard the delegations of Chile, Germany, Italy and Poland outline their positions on such issues as nuclear disarmament, anti-personnel landmines and the future of the work of the Conference.

SOC/4440

ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO ILLICIT DRUG CULTIVATION, TRAFFICKING MUST BE CREATED HEAD OF UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE TELLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

18 February 1998


Press Release
SOC/4440


ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO ILLICIT DRUG CULTIVATION, TRAFFICKING MUST BE CREATED HEAD OF UN DRUG CONTROL OFFICE TELLS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19980218 Describes Strategies to Eliminate Illicit Cultivation in 10 Years, As Commission Continues Review of 1995 World Summit for Social Development