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DATE: THURSDAY, March 28, 1991                   TAG: 9103280252
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-13   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: UNITED NATIONS                                LENGTH: Medium

U.N. LEADERS ENDORSE CEASE-FIRE TERMS

The U.N. Security Council moved toward agreement Wednesday night on a cease-fire plan that would formally end the Persian Gulf War, earmark a portion of Iraq's oil revenues to pay for damage to Kuwait and take away Iraq's ability to commit future aggression.

The complex, U.S.-proposed plan reportedly was approved late Wednesday by the ambassadors of the council's five permanent members - the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France and China - but the impending Easter weekend raised doubts about whether the council will be able to vote on it before next week.

The original cease-fire terms proposed by the United States have been softened slightly in negotiations over the past week. But the resolution still would impose tough conditions on Iraq, including destroying its most dangerous weapons, barring all military sales to its armed forces indefinitely and requiring that p t of future oil export earnings be set aside to pay for the damage caused by the invasion and annexation of Kuwait.

Diplomatic sources said one major unresolved issue involves weapons They said Soviet Ambassador Yuli Vorontsov, on instructions from Moscow, had proposed that Iraq be allowed to retain some missiles with a range of under 200 miles for defensive purposes.

The idea was opposed strongly by the United States, and Vorontsov agreed to request further instructions, the sources said.

If adopted by the Security Council, as expected, the resolution would confront Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's government with a choice of accepting these terms or continuing to have part of its territory occupied by U.S. and allied forces.

It also would keep Iraq under the U.N. sanctions that disrupted its world trade and its ability to carry out financial transactions with other countries.

by CNB