Press Briefing
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE FOR SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL
19981117
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A flight on a United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) carrier had taken 86 personnel into Baghdad today, Mr. Eckhard said. Those personnel would be reopening their offices and they should begin monitoring declared sites tomorrow. Another flight tomorrow would bring in the last six Chilean crew members handling the helicopter transport for UNSCOM, which is expected to get under way with its full range of activities shortly. On the humanitarian side, all the United Nations staff members who had been pulled aside to Amman, Jordan, and had been scheduled to return, had now arrived back in Baghdad.
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Asked by a correspondent to confirm that the UNSCOM inspectors would begin their work by "doing inspections of declared sites", Mr. Eckhard said the inspectors would begin their work by "monitoring" those declared sites. "Monitoring of declared sites does not include anything intrusive", Mr. Eckhard said. "That's the normal daily work of the inspectors who eventually do expect to get down to the full range of their activities."
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