Iraq aid distribution concerns

Manoel de Almeida e Silva, deputy spokesman for the United Nations secretary general, said yesterday that there are concerns about the distribution of medical supplies in Iraq under the oil-for-food program. He quoted Benon Sevan, the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Program, as saying that only 48 percent of the $570 million worth of medical supplies that have been sent to Iraq have been distributed. "The government's warehouses are literally overflowing," Sevan was quoted as saying.