On 25 July 2000, the Secretary-General
wrote to the President of the Security Council, Ambassador Mignonette Patricia
Durant (Jamaica), advising that he has approved, the distribution plan for
phase VIII, submitted by the Government of Iraq, on the understanding that its
implementation would be governed by resolutions 986 (1995), 1284 (1999) and
1302 (2000) and the Memorandum of Understanding concluded on 20 May 1996
between the United Nations and the Government of Iraq.
The total allocation for the humanitarian
programme is $7.131 billion, with $1.216 billion earmarked for food. The
other main allocations are $757 million for housing; $752 million for
electricity and $600 million for oil spare parts. The target set for the food
basket is, for the first time, 2,472 kilocalories per person per day, as
recommended by the Secretary-General in his supplementary report of
February 1998 to the Security Council (S/1998/90)
