41.  Dostum also promised to help the United Nations in the delivery of humanitarian supplies in the north.

42.  Expenditures for humanitarian supplies must be approved by the Security Council.

43.  Funds for humanitarian supplies are released after a committee of Security Council members reviews contracts for everything from food and medicine to oil sector spare parts.

44.  Greece says that it will allow only humanitarian supplies to get through.

45.  Hasan acknowledged interests rates may be lower for euros but said transaction costs would be minimal since Iraq would buy its humanitarian supplies in euros, not dollars.

46.  He blamed Saddam for widespread suffering caused by U.N. sanctions, saying the Iraqi leader should agree to U.N. plans for limited oil sales to pay for humanitarian supplies.

47.  He noted that a significant portion of the humanitarian supplies Baghdad purchases through the oil-for-food program comes from countries that use the euro.

48.  He said Russia would try to send a plane to Iraq over the weekend to carry humanitarian supplies along with officials and journalists.

49.  He said stocks of warehouses used to store humanitarian supplies were damaged and stocks of rice, beans, blankets and oil were on fire.

50.  He said warehouses used to store humanitarian supplies were damaged and stocks of rice, beans, blankets and oil were on fire.