MESSAGE FROM KOFI ANNAN
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
TO KHARTOUM OIC MEETING

UNITED NATIONS

25 June 2002

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      Another area of concern for both the OIC and the United Nations is Iraq, and the suffering of the Iraqi people.  Like many of you, I hope that the sanctions imposed on the country can be lifted in the near future.  That is why I am holding a series of meetings with the Iraqi authorities.  It is my sincere hope that through these talks, which are scheduled to resume in a few weeks, Iraq will reconsider its non-compliance with relevant Security Council resolutions and concur with the deployment of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC). 

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