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HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK ---------------------------     Iraqi FM meets outgoing U.N. humanitarian coordinator Xinhuanet 2002-07-12 01:38:43 　　BAGHDAD, July 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri Ahmed on Thursday met Tun Myat, the outgoing United Nations humanitarian coordinator of the oil-for-food program, and expressedappreciation for his work, the official Iraqi News Agency(INA) reported. 　　The Iraqi foreign minister "praised the vocational way" through which Tun Myat has done his job in Iraq, despite the obstacles imposed on the implementation of the U.N. oil-for-food program, theINA said. 　　For his part, Tun Myat thanked the Iraqi government for the cooperation during his tenure, the INA said. 　　Tun Myat, who has been on his Iraqi mission since March 2000, isexpected to be replaced by Ramiro Armando de Oliveira Lopes da Silva later this month. 　　Iraq has often complained that the U.N. oil-for-food program failed to meet the humanitarian needs of its 22-million population. 　　The program, in effect since 1996, allows Iraq to sell oil and use part of the revenues to buy food, medicine and other essentialsto offset the impact of the sanctions, imposed on Iraq for its 1990invasion of Kuwait. Enditem 　　 --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================