Iraq : Oil-For-Food Program, International Sanctions, and Illicit Trade.
Provides an overview of the pre-war UN-monitored "oil-for-food" program under which Iraq was able to export oil to finance food purchases to provide humanitarian relief to the Iraqi people, while ensuring that all oil revenues earned under the program were held in a UN-controlled escrow ac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2003.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides an overview of the pre-war UN-monitored "oil-for-food" program under which Iraq was able to export oil to finance food purchases to provide humanitarian relief to the Iraqi people, while ensuring that all oil revenues earned under the program were held in a UN-controlled escrow account and could not be accessed by the Iraq Government. Describes pre-war program structure and accomplishments, the pre-war debate over sanctions against Iraq, other sources of humanitarian aid to Iraq, and pre-war illicit trade between Iraq and various countries. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |