UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has voted to lift sanctions that barred Iraq from acquiring nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and long-range missiles.
A resolution adopted Wednesday by the council also lifted sanctions that prohibited the country from pursuing a civilian nuclear program.
With U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden presiding, the council also voted to return control of Iraq's oil and natural gas revenue to the government on June 30 and to terminate all remaining activities of the oil-for-food program, which helped ordinary Iraqis cope with sanctions.
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