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December

• SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES IRAQ'S REFUSAL TO ALLOW REMOVAL OF ABOUT 130 MISSILE ENGINES FROM ITS TERRITORY, Press Release SC/6308 30 December 1996
• IRAQ OIL SALES VOA 10 December 1996
• IRAQI OIL DEAL 09 December 1996
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE UN Press Briefing 4 December 1996

  November

• U.N. Arms Official Says ``Grave Problems'' with Iraq Reuters Ltd. November 25, 1996, 8:45 AM EST
• IRAQI MISSILES STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR, EKEUS SAYS (Missiles key link to chemical, biological programs) By Rick Marshall USIA Staff Writer - 12 Nov 1996
• Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq: a Summary of Biological, Chemical, Nuclear and Delivery Efforts and Capabilities 11/13/96 -- by Anthony H. Cordesman, co-director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

  October

• GENERAL ASSEMBLY STRESSES NEED FOR FULL IRAQI COOPERATION WITH IAEA, AS IT ADOPTS TEXT ON WORK OF AGENCY BY 141-2-8 VOTE Press Release GA/9144 29 October 1996
• DIRECTOR-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY OF EVER-WIDENING ROLE OF IAEA IN VERIFYING NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS Debate Begins on Agency's 1995 Report; Speakers Voice Concern Over Nuclear Activities of Iraq, Democratic People's Republic of Korea Press Release GA/9143 28 October 1996
• IRAQ MAKES NEW DEMANDS BEFORE OIL SALES CAN BEGIN (U.N. "has problems" with Iraq on oil-for-food program) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent 23 October 1996
• New Evidence of Clinton's Failure Update: Humiliation in Iraq House Republican Policy Committee October 22, 1996
• IRAQI MISSILES STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR, UNSCOM SAYS - U.N. fears some chemical and biological weapons hidden - By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 96-10-17
• PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE 15 October 1996
• IRAQ POSING PROBLEMS FOR "OIL-FOR-FOOD" PROGRAM (U.N. still not satisfied with security in Kurdish area) (09 October 1996) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent
• IRAQ SAYS CONDITIONS FOR LIFTING SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS MET; UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, KUWAIT CHALLENGE ASSERTION Press Release GA/9113 2 October 1996
• TEXT: AMBASSADOR GNEHM'S UNGA STATEMENT ON IRAQ (Iraq must meet its obligations to the U.N., Gnehm says) (02 October 1996)

  September

• Iraq "oil-for-food" formula PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISER 13 September 1996
• Iraq fires on Air Force F-16s 12 September 1996 -- Two U.S. Air Force F-16s assigned to Operation Provide Comfort were fired on by Iraqi SA-6 surface to air missiles 10 Sept. The aircraft were flying near Gir Pahn, Iraq, in the Northern No-Fly Zone.
• PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF SPECIAL COMMISSION 4 September 1996
• Curbing Saddam's Military Adventures. News briefing and question and answer session by Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and Gen. Joseph Ralston USAF, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Pentagon, Sept. 3, 1996.

  August

• SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THAT IRAQ GIVE IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL AND UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO SPECIAL COMMISSION'S INSPECTION TEAMS Press Release SC/6259 23 August 1996
• PROCEDURES SET FOR IRAQI OIL SALES (Text of Sanctions Committee's Iraqi oil sale procedures) - 21 August 1996
• The Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions Relating to Iraq Report by the IAEA Director General GC(40)/13 12 August 1996
• IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS EXPEDITED PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 986 (1995) Press Release SC/6254 IK/203 9 August 1996

  July

• SECURITY COUNCIL CHASTISES IRAQ FOR AGAIN BLOCKING INSPECTORS By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 17 July 1996

  June

• PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMISSION [25 Jun 1996]:
• U.N. SECURES IRAQ'S PLEDGE TO ALLOW WEAPONS EXPERTS ACCESS - By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 24 June 1996
• UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON IRAQ 14 June 1996
• SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IRAQ LET INSPECTORS INTO WEAPON SITES By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 13 June 1996
• Letter by Ramsey Clark, former US Attorney General, to Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, Chairman U.N. Special Commission on Iraq 13 June 1996
• Iraqi Opposition Tells of Talks in Damascus THE WASHINGTON TIMES, JUNE 5, 1996

  May

  April

• Iraq Food-for-Oil Talks at United Nations DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL 24 April 1996
• UNSCOM BELIEVES IRAQ STILL WITHHOLDING WEAPONS DATA By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 17 April 1996
• Iraq's Biological Weapons Program by Terence Taylor CBIAC NEWSLETTER - Spring 1996 Vol. 2, No. 2

  March

• U.N. says Iraq may have 16 biological missiles Associated Press - 21 March 1996
• SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON IRAQ 19 March 1996
• IRAQ CONTINUES TO BLOCK U.N. WEAPONS INSPECTORS, UNSCOM REPORTS By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent - 18 March 1996
• U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL LETTER TO AMBASSADOR EKEUS - 12 March 1996

  February

• UNSCOM DIRECTOR EKEUS CARNEGIE CONFERENCE REMARKS By Rick Marshall USIA Staff Writer - 14 February 1996

  January

• 'A new form of violence' Ramsey Clark Former U.S. Attorney General Speech to forum organized by International Action Center on the fifth anniversary of war against Iraq, January 20, 1996, New York.
• IRAN, IRAQ AND THE SECURITY OF THE GULF VOA ON THE LINE JANUARY 11, 1996