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INFO ROUTINE BELGRADE, SOFIA, BUCHAREST, TUNIS, AMMAN, ANKARA INFO ROUTINE ESC LONDON
MY TELNOS 1128 AND 1129: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING, 28 AUGUST
1. IN ADDITION TO JORDAN AND FOODSTUFFS (MY TURS), THE MEETING OF THE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ON 28 AUGUST ALSO DEALT BRIEFLY WITH SOME
OTHER ITEMS.
APPLICATION OF SANCTIONS
2. THE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED THAT 95 STATES HAD PROVIDED INFORMATION ON NATIONAL MEASURES TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT SCR 661. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL HAD SENT A REMINDER TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO HAD NOT REPLIED, ASKING THEM TO DO SO BY 5 SEPTEMBER.
3. RICHARDSON (UK) POINTED OUT THAT MANY OF THE REPLIES SO FAR RECEIVED LACKED DETAIL. HE ENDORSED AN EARLIER COLOMBIAN PROPOSAL TO HELP IMPOSE UNIFORMITY BY WAY OF A QUESTIONNAIRE. THIS WOULD ALSO SERVE TO SHOW STATES WHAT SORT OF MEASURES THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED NECESSARY. THE COMMITTEE AGREED AND THE CHAIRMAN WILL PREPARE A DRAFT.
OTHER APPLICANTS UNDER ARTICLE 50
4. IN ADDITION TO JORDAN, THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE SO FAR APPLIED FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL UNDER ARTICLE 50: YUGOSLAVIA, BULGARIA, ROMANIA AND TUNISIA (COPY OF TUNISIAN LETTER FAXED TO UND AND TUNIS).
5. THESE APPLICATIONS WERE NOT DISCUSSED AT YESTERDAY'S MEETING, BUT THERE WAS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE NEED TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA AGAINST WHICH EACH NEW CASE COULD BE JUDGED. THE BUREAU FOR THE COMMITTEE (FINLAND, CANADA AND COLOMBIA) WILL PREPARE A PAPER.
REFUGEES
6. PARA 4(A) OF THE JORDANIAN LETTER TO THE COMMITTEE OF 27 AUGUST (S/AC.25/1990/CRP.4, FAXED TO UND ON 28 AUGUST) RAISES THE ISSUE OF SCR 661'S IMPACT ON THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE FROM IRAQ AND KUWAIT INTO JORDAN, AND SEEKING A WAIVER OF THE ''RELEVANT PROVISIONS'' OF
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