The UN and Iraq

The director of the UN Humanitarian program Benon Segan has stressed that Iraq has during the six months asked the program to buy humanitarian aids at a cost of US $ 4.265 billion.

News reports on Friday quoted Segan as saying that in the area of health Iraq submitted contracts at a cost of US $ 8.6 million out of US $ 624 allotted in this field. He added that submitted contracts relating to education increased to US $ 21.5 million out of US $ 351.5 million besides contracts relating to the sector of oil which increased to US $ 22.7 million out of US $ 600 million allotted to Iraq.

Iraq had allotted for the 8th phase of the oil for food programs which was expired on December 5th, 2000 a sum of US U 7.798 billion to buy commodities under the supervision of the UN.