71.   He said the actions were inconsistent with a U.N. Security Council resolution requiring Yugoslavia to allow unimpeded access to Kosovo for humanitarian relief operations.

72.   He said the Russians were putting up a new office building and a second building for distribution of humanitarian relief.

73.   Humanitarian relief efforts were being stepped up as winter approached.

74.   Humanitarian relief increasingly serves as a face-saving alibi for nations hesitant to engage more boldly in crisis zones such as Bosnia and Rwanda, a major aid agency contends.

75.   In Sri Lanka, the ICRC provides humanitarian relief to thousands of war refugees.

76.   In his report, Annan said the U.N. mission, which has been running the territory for three months, is trying to coordinate humanitarian relief efforts.

77.   Iraq said this week it is getting close to resuming limited oil sales under a deal that will provide humanitarian relief for suffering Iraqis.

78.   It also could lead to an accelerated effort to provide humanitarian relief to starving Afghans.

79.   It also welcomed the recent Security Council resolution doubling the oil-for-food program and called on Iraq to facilitate the humanitarian relief effort.

80.   Iraq said this week that it is getting close to resuming limited oil sales under a deal that will provide humanitarian relief for suffering Iraqis.