1. In June a delegation from the French Management Council, which represents major corporations, visited Baghdad to discuss business opportunities once sanctions end. 2. Indonesian, German and Pakistani businessmen are here, exchanging business cards and looking forward to the day when the sanctions end. 3. Iraq has already signed agreements with two French oil companies, Total SA and Elf Aquataine, to develop two big southern oilfields once sanctions end. 4. Sanctions would not end until all conditions were met. 5. Some suggest Iraqi negotiators will be looking for assurances that the sanctions will end if inspectors are given a reasonable time to work. 6. The sanctions end after the season, but baseball officials are considering a continued limit on her control of the franchise. 7. The sanctions end all US assistance to India except humanitarian aid, and bar the export of certain defense and technology material. 8. The UN has said the sanctions will end when inspectors are satisfied Iraq no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction or the ability to build or deliver them. 9. The UN has said the sanctions will end when inspectors are satisfied Iraq no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction, or the ability to build or deliver them. 10. The UN said the sanctions will end when weapons inspectors are satisfied Iraq no longer possesses weapons of mass destruction or the ability to build or deliver them. |