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Thank you for your effort but unfortunately as mentioned above this is old news...here is the article:

15 December 2010 Last updated at 14:30 ET

UN lifts sanctions against Iraq

The UN Security Council has voted to lift most international sanctions imposed on Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era.

The vote is intended as a recognition of the political progress made in Iraq.

One resolution ends sanctions that were imposed to stop Iraq building nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

The fear that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction was the main reason cited for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Sanctions were first imposed on Baghdad in 1991 after Iraq invaded Kuwait, though some relating to trade, investment and conventional weapons have been lifted since 2003.

Different situationIn a statement, the Security Council said it "recognises that the situation now existing in Iraq is significantly different from that which existed at the time of the adoption of resolution 661" in 1990.

The council also voted to return control of Iraq's oil and natural gas revenue to the government on 30 June and to end all remaining activities of the oil-for-food programme, which helped ordinary Iraqis cope with sanctions.

US Vice President Joe Biden, chairing the high-level meeting, noted that the number of violent attacks in Iraq had fallen and he said the people there had "flatly rejected the grim future offered by extremists".

"Iraq is on the cusp of something remarkable - a stable, self-reliant nation," he said.

But UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Iraq must make efforts to agree a border with Kuwait and to agree on a dispute over war reparations if all sanctions were to be ended.

Baghdad still pays 5% of revenues from its oil sales into a fund which pays reparations to Kuwait.

Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said normalisation of relations with Kuwait would be a priority for the new Iraqi government.

"I can say that the session today is the beginning of the end," Mr Zebari told Associated Press before the meeting.

"Today Iraq will be liberated from all sanctions caused by wars and misdeeds of the former regime," he said.

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March 30, 2012 8:15 AM

Iraq Shiite cleric: cancel Saddam-era UN sanctions

053d54e8f6aa4d080b0f6a706700214e_244x183.jpg Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 29, 2012. The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the leaders of the 22-member Arab League in attendance and amid a growing rift between Arab countries over how far they should go to end the one-year conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim)

BAGHDAD — An aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric says Arab and international leaders should work to remove long-standing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said lifting the U.N. sanctions is essential for the country to gain full sovereignty, according to al-Sistani's representative, Ahmed al-Safi. He spoke during a Friday sermon in the holy city of Karbala.

Iraq has been pressing for the U.N. Security Council to cancel sanctions and more than 70 resolutions adopted after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq's deposed dictator, Saddam Hussein.

Commenting on the just-completed Arab League summit in Baghdad, Al-Safi said the ayatollah is pleased Iraq is opening up to the Arab world.

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I don't see any articles relating to Iraq being out of Chapter 7 on this link.

Yes, your right. it seems like CBS and the Washington post are only giving a recap of the summit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqs-top-shiite-cleric-calls-for-lifting-saddam-era-un-sanctions-against-his-country/2012/03/30/gIQAy001kS_story.html

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March 30, 2012 8:15 AM

Iraq Shiite cleric: cancel Saddam-era UN sanctions

053d54e8f6aa4d080b0f6a706700214e_244x183.jpg Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, attends the Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March, 29, 2012. The annual Arab summit meeting opened in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Thursday with only 10 of the leaders of the 22-member Arab League in attendance and amid a growing rift between Arab countries over how far they should go to end the one-year conflict in Syria. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) (Karim Kadim)

BAGHDAD — An aide to Iraq's top Shiite cleric says Arab and international leaders should work to remove long-standing U.N. resolutions against Iraq.

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said lifting the U.N. sanctions is essential for the country to gain full sovereignty, according to al-Sistani's representative, Ahmed al-Safi. He spoke during a Friday sermon in the holy city of Karbala.

Iraq has been pressing for the U.N. Security Council to cancel sanctions and more than 70 resolutions adopted after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq's deposed dictator, Saddam Hussein.

Commenting on the just-completed Arab League summit in Baghdad, Al-Safi said the ayatollah is pleased Iraq is opening up to the Arab world.

They're working on it, hopefully we'll hear something next week, thanks for the post.

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