| Description | Folder of presscuttings, telex reports and digest bulletins relating to the postwar situation regarding UN sanctions, including discussion about whether they should be lifted, the terms for doing so, and the possibility of further military action to enforce this. There are details of protests by Iraq in January, March and June 1991 about the UN's role in imposing sanctions, press reports about Australian grain exporters being wary of Iraq's ability to pay for imports (10 May 1991), a Baghdad Observer article on 'Taking a Nation Hostage' (23 May 1991), reports of non-compliance regarding inspection of nuclear facilities, a Financial Times article reporting on UN determination to maintain sanctions (12 June 1991), reports of Russian intervention, an Independent article (12 July 1991) on 'Allies hint at strike on Iraqi nuclear site', details of Iraq's response and Allied de-escalation later in July, and presscuttings from the Baghdad Observer and other papers reporting on the Iraqi UN envoy's address to the Security Council on 17 August 1991. |