Press Briefing
DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL
19990121
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So far this year, Mr. Eckhard said, the Security Council's 661 Committee, which oversaw sanctions on Iraq, had approved 52 contracts for the supply of urgently needed spare parts and equipment for Iraq's oil industry. Of that number, 43 contracts had been earlier placed on hold by members of the Committee pending additional information or clarification as to the impact of the equipment on increasing Iraq's ability to produce oil for export. The Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme, Benon Sevan -- also the United Nations Security Coordinator -- had welcomed the sharp increase in contract approvals, in line with the Secretary-General's request on 29 December for the Committee to expedite the approval of contracts and to further review those placed on hold. The value of the 52 contracts approved this year was $29,284,695, including the 43 -- worth $11,709,796 -- which had been released.
Daily Press Briefing - 4 - 21 January 1999
Available at the Spokesman's Office was a press release from the Iraq Compensation Commission stating that the Commission, at a special session, had today elected the Permanent Representative of the Netherlands, Ambassador Hans Heinemann, as its President. The Council had also elected the Permanent Representative of Argentina, Ambassador Guillermo Enrigue Gonzalez, as Vice- President.
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