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FM UKMIS NEW YORK
TO PRIORITY FCO
OF 29221OZ AUGUST 90
TELNO 1134
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INFO PRIORITY NEW DELHI, BAGHDAD, WASHINGTON, MOSCOW, RIYADH
INFO PRIORITY ISLAMABAD, DHAKA, COLOMBO, MODUK, ACTOR, ESC LONDON
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PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR TELNO 87 TO NEW DELHI: IRAQ/KUWAIT: SANCTIONS ON FOODSTUFFS
SUMMARY
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UN LEGAL COUNSEL HAS NOT GIVEN FORMAL ADVICE THAT EXPORT OF FOOD TO IRAQ AND KUWAIT IS CAUGHT BY SCR 661.
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2. THE ACTING UN LEGAL COUNSEL (ZACKLIN) HAS CERTAINLY GIVEN HIS INFORMAL VIEW THAT FOODSTUFFS WERE CAUGHT BY THE EMBARGO UNLESS THEIR SUPPLY WAS REQUIRED BY ''HUMANITARIAN CIRCUMSTANCES' CMY TELNO 1080). BUT HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HAD NOT YET EXPRESSED ANY VIEW: AND YOU WILL HAVE SEEN FROM MY TELNO 1129 THAT AT YESTERDAY'S SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETING THE REPRESENTATIVE OF COTE D'IVOIRE SAID IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE COMMITTEE TO SEEK THE VIEWS OF UN LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE MATTER BECAUSE THE QUESTION WAS ESSENTIALLY POLITICAL. THE COMMITTEE WILL REVERT TO THIS ISSUE AT ITS NEXT MEETING ON 31 AUGUST.
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IF ZACKLIN'S VIEW WERE SOUGHT FORMALLY, WE IMAGINE THAT HE WOULD REPEAT THE ADVICE RECORDED IN MY TELNO 1080. BUT THE CUBANS AND YEMENIS WOULD CHALLENGE IT, AND THE FOODSTUFFS ISSUE COULD WELL RETURN TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL.
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