The United States on Wednesday accused aides to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan of giving him bad advice on the reason for delays in approving exports to Iraq under the U.N. sanctions system. A sanctions committee at the United Nations has to approve each contract under the program.
Members can delay shipments by seeking further information about the goods requested.
Annan said Washington was disrupting the system. The spokesman said 95 percent of the contracts go through the sanctions committee and that Iraq is at fault for failing to order as much food and medicine as it needs. Copyright material is distributed without profit or payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. Copyright material is distributed without profit or payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.