On the question of compliance with UN resolutions, we made a strong case for an Iraqi response. We pointed out that we were standing by Resolution 1441 as we saw it as an alternative to war and an opportunity for Iraq to fully co-operate with the United Nations' weapons inspectors. One outcome of a war would be the disastrous effect on the Oil for Food Programme. Some 18 million people in Iraq, out of a population of 26 million, depend on the programme which is dependent on food rations. One of the NGOs we met, namely, CARE, stated the scheme was most efficient. We were shown the actual amounts of food each person, young and old, would receive. The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Dr. Sabri, told us there was about a three month food supply remaining in the event of a war in Iraq.