1.   The UN sanctions committee was also directed to develop a rigorous mechanism to monitor foreign arms sales to Iraq.

2.   And Peter van Walsum, the Dutch ambassador to the United Nations and chairman of the Security Council sanctions committee on Iraq, has also been refused entry.

3.   Any recommendation from the sanctions committee, which takes up the issue tomorrow, would be forwarded to the Security Council for final action.

4.   Approval by the sanctions committee will take a minimum of two days, he said, after which exports can start.

5.   At the moment, all exports to Iraq, except food and some medicines, are scrutinized by a sanctions committee of the Security Council.

6.   Because it is such a measure, the U.N. sanctions committee can make the decision without a meeting of the Security Council.

7.   Bill Richardson, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, disputed Iraqi accusations that the U.S. obstructs approval of humanitarian contracts by the sanctions committee.

8.   A sanctions committee being set up by the Security Council will make those decisions, officials here said.

9.   A Security Council sanctions committee also has relinquished oversight of imports of essentials like food, medicines and basic educational and agricultural supplies.

10.   A Security Council sanctions committee must also meet to consider the operational details of the oil-sale plan.