51.  Humanitarian supplies are officially exempted, but a regional sanctions committee has been slow to approve the necessary paperwork, aid workers said.

52.  Humanitarian supplies are exempt from the embargo.

53.  Humanitarian supplies are officially exempted, but a regional sanctions committee has been slow in approving the necessary paperwork, aid workers say.

54.  If opposition forces gain control of the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the military could open a land route to bring in more humanitarian supplies.

55.  In a sign of the dangers still facing this country, the United Nations said armed men looted a warehouse full of humanitarian supplies in northern Afghanistan.

56.  Imports of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies are permitted under the sanctions.

57.  In government-controlled areas, U.N. observers check that the Iraqis equitably distribute humanitarian supplies to civilians.

58.  In the past, Baghdad has expressed reservations over the number of U.N. employees overseeing the distribution of humanitarian supplies.

59.  Instead, they have blamed delays on the failure of the Iraqis to abide by the rules, such as failing to endorse contracts for humanitarian supplies.

60.  Instead, they have blamed delays on the failure of the Iraqis to abide by the rules, such as not endorsing contracts for humanitarian supplies.