UN ends sanctions on Iraq, shifting attention to exports

摘要

The UN Security Council's 14-0 vote May 22 that ended nearly 13 years of economic sancitons against Iraq quickly shifts attention to the resumption of Baghdad's oil exports, dormant since the start of the war more than two months ago. Indeed, the most controversial aspects of the US-UK-Spanish draft resolution dealt with the oil question, specifically giving control of Iraq's oil revenues to the occupying powers until a new internationally recognized government is installed in Baghdad.