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I am a University student in the U.S. that is active in peace and justice organizations and the anti-sanctions campaign. I have a few questions for anyone on the list serve that can help me. The first is a facutal question concerning UN procedure. The UNSC voted to renew Oil For Food for 6 months. Later, the UNSC also passed Res. 1284 which lifted the cieling on oil exports altogether. Does Iraq's rejection of the inspection provisions of the resolution nullify the elimination of the export ceiling as well? In light of these changes, what is the situation for Iraqi oil industries? I am confused about what the UN policy is after the recent fiasco and what the impact of these decisions will be. Second, what is Iraq's position regarding the return of inspectors? US newspapers (as you know) are not the best at providing context for the quotations they select. Some of them indicate that Iraq will never accept the return of inspections, period. Other articles indicate that Iraq would accept inspectors, but only if sanctions were lifted (not suspended) entirely, and only if they were lifted prior to the inspectors return. This distinction is important and I do not know the answer. What are your feelings on this matter? Sincerely, J. Reed University of Texas -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full archive and list instructions are available from the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi