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The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a draft resolution adjusting the "oil-for-food" program to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people.
The resolution allows the resumption of humanitarian aid for Iraq through its "oil-for-food" program.
Under the resolution, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be able to run the program in Iraq for 45 days.
The oil-for-food program, which started in 1996, has been suspended since the outbreak the Iraqi war last week.
About 60 percent of the Iraqi population depends on the "oil-for-food" program for daily supplies.
(Xinhua News Agency March 29, 2003)
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