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Hi Stuart and others, > Can anyone tell me the value of contracts that are on hold at the moment The latest information can be obtained from the Office of the Iraq Programme's website on http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/latest/wu13Feb01.html. At the conclusion of the week 3-9 February: "The total value of contracts placed on hold by the 661 Committee continued to rise, standing at over $3.18 billion, with $2.7 billion for humanitarian supplies and $435 million for oil industry spare parts and equipment. This represents 16.6 per cent of all contracts circulated to the Committee." The percentage figures of holds over the past months have been: July 2000: 10,6% Dec 2000: 14,5% Jan 2001: 17,5% Thi is further discussed in our latest newsletter, which can be found on http://www.cam.ac.uk/societies/casi/newslet/feb01/ Sector-by-sector figures can be obtained from http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/latest/basicfigures.html, which has a table with the number of contracts received, approved by the sanctions committee, 'fast-tracked' (pre-approved), and 'held' for each sector of the 'oil for food' programme. I hope this helps, Per Klevnas -- Research Co-ordinator, Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq http://www.casi.org.uk fax 0870 063 5022 Girton College, tel: +44 (0)79 905 01 905 Cambridge CB3 0JG fax: +44 (0)87 016 96 390 England -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk