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...Saddam and finally used the only accurate word: hostages. But he insisted that despite his concerns about their safety, the United Nations food and trade embargo "must be enforced." He won a significant victory early Saturday when the United Nations Security Council voted 13 to 0 (Cuba and Yemen abstaining) for a strongly worded resolution authorizing nations with naval forces in the area to use "such measures . . . as may be necessary . . . to halt all inward and outward maritime" commerce. It was the first time in its 45-year history that the U.N. had authorized force to back up economic sanctions...
...Cairo, 12 of the 20 delegations agreed "to respond to the request by Saudi Arabia and other gulf states to deploy Arab forces to support the armed forces there." Significantly, their numbers included Egypt and Syria, which have two of the Middle East's largest armies. Algeria and Yemen abstained, while Jordan, Sudan and Mauritania expressed reservations and did not even vote. Iraq of course rejected the package, supported by Libya and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The resolution was weakened by the lack of unanimity and by uncertainty over how it would be implemented. But it was the first time...
...closest ally. Japan, which has assiduously avoided conflict with gulf states to guarantee a steady oil supply, chose principle over economics. Switzerland, which does not belong to NATO, the European Community or even the U.N. and ordinarily eschews economic sanctions, took sides by joining in. Even Cuba and Yemen, Security Council members that abstained in the vote for sanctions against Baghdad, fell into line when the Council moved to condemn Iraq's announced annexation of its tiny neighbor...
...measure, passed unanimously by the 15-member Council except for abstentions by Cuba and Yemen, bans all imports of commodities from Iraq or Kuwait. The sanctions--only the third to be imposed by the Council in its 45-year history--came five days after Iraq invaded Kuwait and overthrew that country's government, after about two weeks of threats that it would do so if Kuwait did not curtail its oil production...
With a population of nearly 12 million, the new Republic of Yemen could become a regional power. Its assets include oil reserves estimated at up to 4 billion bbl. and a new commercial capital at Aden. The once busy port has lost Western business since it fell into pro-Soviet hands, but refueling at Aden could come back into favor: it would save ships 2 1/2 days of sailing...