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The nerve of the UN. (Correction, Please!).
ITEM: "Iraq has ordered 1.25 million doses of an antidote for nerve agents in what could be an attempt to protect its military personnel if Saddam Hussein uses those weapons on the battlefield, administration sources said...," reported the Associated Press on November 12th. Briefing reporters, Secretary of State Colin Powell said. "This is not something you would want to be selling to Iraq at this time." U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, "who joined Powell at the briefing, said the United Nations, in enforcing its economic embargo against Iraq, must be careful about permitting the export of items that have both military and nonmilitary uses."
CORRECTION: The State Department and UN, according to United Nations records, have approved Iraqi purchases of at least 3.5 million doses of atropine since 1997.
In 1998, with the Clinton administration's endorsement, the UN sanctions committee supported the sale of one million doses; a like amount was approved in 2001 and cleared by the Bush administration. This past spring, the State Department smoothed the way for more Iraqi imports of various types, ...
- United Nations orders some employees out of Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Douglas, William September 25, 2003 700+ words
...worldwide help in stabilizing Iraq, the United Nations on Thursday ordered the...to ensure the safety of United Nations employees in Iraq." "The Coalition Provisional...a greater role for the United Nations in helping Iraq establish a government...
- United Nations orders some employees out of Iraq.
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (Washington, DC) September 25, 2003 700+ words
...worldwide help in stabilizing Iraq, the United Nations on Thursday ordered the...to ensure the safety of United Nations employees in Iraq." "The Coalition Provisional...a greater role for the United Nations in helping Iraq establish a government...
- The United Nations: our hope for the future: Phil Goff reflects on the role of...
- Newspaper article from: New Zealand International Review Goff, Phil May 1, 2003 700+ words
...relevance of the United Nations. The Iraq War represents the...how to deal with Iraq polarised within...community, the United Nations was increasingly...October to take the Iraq issue to the United Nations indicated that his...
- What the United Nations Can Do.(humanitarian aid in Iraq)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Tharoor, Shashi May 19, 2003 700+ words
...Lopes da Silva, the United Nations' humanitarian coordinator for Iraq, stepped out of...Nations can do. The United Nations isn't yearning...nation-build" in Iraq. It isn't a multinational...its position in Iraq, bureaucrats in...be studying the United ...
- The U.N.'s Day Of Reckoning.(bombing of United Nations headquarters in Iraq)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek International Holbrooke, Richard September 8, 2003 700+ words
...headquarters in Iraq was the United Nations' 9/11. Now a...States, since the United Nations' work in Iraq was clearly in support...America's goals in Iraq, how he proposes...and how the United Nations can get the kind...
- Security Council Adopts Resolution 1830 (2008), Granting One-Year Mandate...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 8, 2008 700+ words
...Mandate Extension To United Nations Assistance Mission For Iraq(C)1994-2008...Representative and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) should...in particular the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), in supporting...
- United Nations cautions Iraq.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire February 11, 2003 700+ words
...prospect of war in Iraq. Many people...asking what the United Nations is doing to...years ago, when Iraq invaded Kuwait...Council and the United Nations did just that...mandate to the United Nations weapons inspectors in Iraq. This resolution...
- United Nations Expert's Lecture To Focus on Iraq.(Final)
- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) June 15, 2004 700+ words
...Staff Writer The United Nations' role in the rebuilding of Iraq will be the topic...chapter studies the United Nations and its goals...will talk about Iraq," Sorenson said...the role of the United Nations in moving Iraq toward democracy...
- Interview With Senator John Kerry; Broader Role for United Nations in Iraq? -...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire August 28, 2003 700+ words
...it may allow the United Nations to sponsor a multinational force in Iraq. Senior White House...to go back to the United Nations on the question...force in postwar Iraq. But getting such...that would give the United Nations any expanded political power in Iraq, ...
- United Nations Passes Resolution on Iraq; National Food Crisis Looming?;...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire October 16, 2003 700+ words
...of opinion in the United Nations, after its earlier...S. policy in Iraq. Richard Roth reports from the United Nations -- Richard. RICHARD...want to thank the United Nations Security Council...peaceful and free Iraq. (APPLAUSE) BUSH...
Source: HighBeam Research, The nerve of the UN. (Correction, Please!).