41.   He said the exports could resume as soon as this week if the Finance Ministry and State Customs Committee work out a common position with the State Assay Chamber.

42.   In Baghdad, the Iraqi leadership has remained silent on the oil-for-food program extension and has not given an indication of when exports might resume.

43.   Iraqi officials indicated that they would like to see exports resume as soon as the U.N. Iraq Sanctions Committee approves new prices.

44.   That is expected to increase pressure on the United States and Britain to certify Iraq is free of banned weapons and allow Iraqi oil exports to resume.

45.   The committee must approve the guidelines before exports can resume.

46.   The ban was lifted last year, but exports have not resumed.

47.   The first shipments of food did not arrive in Iraq until April -- four months after oil exports resumed.

48.   The U.N. Sanctions Committee must also approve procedures for exporting Iraqi oil before exports can resume.

49.   The United Nations must sign off on the food distribution plan and the U.N. Sanctions Committee must also approve procedures for exporting Iraqi oil before exports can resume.

50.   The United Nations gave final approval Thursday to rules governing limited Iraqi oil sales, and officials said exports could resume next month.