21.   Such purchases could not be made by Iraq, and questionable contracts could still be referred to the Security Council sanctions committee.

22.   That decision is up to the U.N. sanctions committee.

23.   The sanctions committee recently approved measures aimed at speeding up the process of ratifying food and medicine sales to Iraq.

24.   The reports have been the focus of closed-door meetings this week of the sanctions committee of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union.

25.   The sanctions committee has repeatedly come into direct conflict with both the State Department and the Swiss government, which have protested that threatening the banks is counterproductive.

26.   The U.N. sanctions committee said it will consider altering sanctions to formally allow religious flights.

27.   The U.N. sanctions committee, however, has yet to work out how exactly this will be done, officials said.

28.   The United Nations sanctions committee agreed to adjust its oil-for-aid accord with Iraq to reflect a slight over-shipment during the first of two sales periods.

29.   The United Nations sanctions committee today began reviewing pricing formulas for the exports.

30.   The U.N. sanctions committee has yet to approve pricing and exporting procedures for the oil.