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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RWISTA
turkish daily news - January 20, 1994
UN Council keeps
sanctions on Iraq
Washington predicts long haul
ReUlers
UNITED NATIONS- The Security Council maintained
stringent trade sanctions againstIraq as Baghdad entered
what could be the last phase of its arms destruction program.
Council President Karel Kovanda
.
of the Czech Republic
.said members felt the "necessary conditions" did not exist
for a modification of the sanctions regime established in a
1991 Gulf War cease-fire resolution.
But U.S. Ambassador Madeleine Albright signalled
Washington's future policy by telling reporters she wanted
a new U.N. arms monitoring program to be in operation
6-12 months before considering whether tei lift thé oil
embargo, which is tied to weapons
gram nas not begun functioning yet.
destruction. The 'pro-
.
"We are watching for a general pattern of behaviour,"
she said. "We want to see how the monitoring regime is set
up and then (observe) a track record of 6 to 12 months. We
are concerned that how can we trust them or have confi.
dence in them if they don't live up to the other Council resolutions."
Iraq, whose population is suffering from a shortage
of food and medicine, has been under sanctions since
. its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990.
Iraq and the U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM),in
charge of dismantling Baghdad's weapons of mass destruction,
are embarking this year on a major long-term monitoring
program to make sure Iraq does not re-acquire nuclear,
chemical, biological and ballistic weapons or materials.
Rolf Ekeus, chairman of UNSCOM, said he would be
visiting Baghdad around February 2 to discuss "overall
political developments" toward lifting the embar~o. He
also has estimated at least six months for the mOnItoring
program. He said Iraq this month had moved swiftly
toward
cooperating with UNSCOM and had sent thousands of
pages of documents on the long-term monitoring program.
The 1991 sanctions resolution tied lifting Iraq's oil
exports, its economic lifeline, 10 complying WIth "Y~apons
requirements. Other demands, su.ch as recogllltlOn of
Kuwait, are tied to sanctions on sendmg goods ~o Iraq.
But the United States has already ~lyen notlc.e that recognizing
Kuwait would be linked 10 lIftIng the 011~mbargo
~s well as honouring human rights, a demand not mcluded
ln the cease-fire resolution but subsequent ones ..
. So far the tough U.S. position has not receIved much
support from key members of the Council.
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Erkan: 2,000 terroristskilIed in 1993
Turkish Daily NeIVs
ANKARA- Em~rgency Law Regional
Governor Unal Erkan said on
Wednesday that security forces had
killed 2,000 terrorists in 1993 and that
.14,000 of their supporters had also
been arrested.
Erkan, attending a meeting for governors
from the emergency law region,
said that last year's struggle
against terrorism had intlicted "irreparable
damage" on the terrorists. He
said that 1.000 terrorists had been
captured alive.
Accordina to Erkan, Turkey seized
a total of 5,000 guns and ritles in the
past year and that 500,000 bullets had
also been confiscated. He pointed out
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La livre turque
a perdu 12 % de sa valeur
Un vent de panique souffle sur
les milieux financiers en Turquie,
oll la monnaie nationale, la livre
.turque, a chuté de façon specta- .
culaire, perdant en une semaine
12 96 de sa valeur par rapport au
dollar. Mercredi 19 janvier, la.
livre a clôturé il 18 600 livres
contre 1 dollar. La crise a été
déclencMe par les deux agences
internationales de notation financillre,
Moody's et Standard and
Poor's, qui ont abaissé les notes
accordées aux dettes turques.
Ce.manque de confiance, motivé
par des indicateurs économiques.
préoccupants, a entrainé une.
ruée sur le dollar.
Le sous-secrétaire au Trésor,
.Osman Unsal, a tenté de calmer
les esprits. «Ceci est pure spd-
.. çulation. Nous n'avons .aucun
that 244 terrorists had surrendered to
security forces.
Referring to activities of the out- .
lawed Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK) in the region, Erkan said that
this organization had killed a total of
1,300 civilians during the year. Of
these, he said, 138 were women and
152 were children and a total of 1,297
citizens were also wounded.
Erkan noted that 1994 had started
off with the killing of 150 more terrorists
and promised to achieve success
against terrorism this year. He also
appealed to members of the PKK
saying that if they did not surrender,
they would be faced with total destruction.
Turkish official killed in N. Iraq
Sources say officer, Iraqi Kurd are wounded in attack
Turkisl1 Daily News
ANKARA-
A Turkish liaison official based
in northern Iraq was shot dead by unidentified
gunmen on Tuesday in an attack
during which an unidentified Turkish ofticer
was severely injured, Iraqi Kurdish sources
said Wednesday.
The Kurds identified the assassinated official
as Can Cemal,. who headed the Turkish
Coordination Committee in the region.
They could not identify the wounded officer
but said Cemal's Kurdish translator was also
dead. Another Kurdish bodyguard of the official
was wounded and has been hospitalized.
TurkishForeign Ministry officials said
they had heard of the news but could not
confirm the incident. Neither the ministry
nor the Red Crescent was aware of Cemal.
Sources said he may have been attached
to Turkish gendarmene intelligence which
has several liaison officcrs in the Kurdishcontrolled
region.
Kurdish sources said the killing took place
near the city of Irbil and that three of Cemal's
bodyguards, all of them peshmerges,
were also killed.
The Kurdish administration suspccts Iraqi
agents may be behind the assassination. On
Wednesday, a helicopter was reportedly sent
to northern Iraq to pick up and carry back
Cemal's body,
probiÏJmede devises; a-t~i1
déclaré. Avec 18 milliards de
dollars, nos rdserves internationales
sont plus d/evdes' que
.jamais. JI Malgré une économie
dynamique (796 de ,taux de
,croissance annuelle), la Turquie
,souffre d'une trlls forte hausse
des prix (70 'l6 par an), (f'un déficit
budgétaire abyssal (l'équiva- :
. lent de 16 'l6 du PNB) et d'une
envolée de la dette extérieure .
Malgré ses efforts, Mm. Ciller, le
. premier ministre, une économiste
de formation, n'est pas parvenue
.il accroTtre suffisamment les
: revenus pour boucher les trous
. d'un secteur public hypertrophié
tout en finançant la lutte contre
les séparatistes kurdes, qui ris-
. que d'absorber un clnquillme du'
budget de l'~tat en 1994.
M. Komili, le président du
patronat turc, a demandé un pro- ;
gramme d'austérité, mais, il J'approche
des élections municipales,
prévues en mars, la.
capacité d'action du gouvernement
risque d'être limitée. -
(Corresp.)